#E16F62#E16F62

#E16F62 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.145 H 28.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16F62
RGB	rgb(225, 111, 98)
HSL	hsl(6, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(6, 56%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.7%, 56.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.13, 43.24, 28.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.13, 51.54, 32.98°)
OKLab	oklab(67.27% 0.1275 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(67.27% 0.145 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.9435, 28.2627, 14.9573)
Luminance	0.2826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16F62 #62D4E1

analogous

#E16294 #E16F62 #E1AE62

triadic

#E16F62 #62E16F #6F62E1

tetradic

#E16F62 #94E162 #62D4E1 #AE62E1

square

#E16F62 #94E162 #62D4E1 #AE62E1

split-complementary

#E16F62 #62E1AE #6294E1

monochromatic

#A82E20 #D7402F #E16F62 #EB9E95 #F5CDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#E16F62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#E16F62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16F62

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16F62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16F62	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8260

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79A60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F55C6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16f62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 111, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.145 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09b8e',
    500: '#e16f62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16f62;
$custom-light: #f09b8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16f62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.142,
    "s": 67.914,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67271,
    "c": 0.14464,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16F62

secondary

#B9E1E6

accent

#BDD016

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#170E0C

muted

#857E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16F62

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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