#E16F72#E16F72

#E16F72 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.142 H 20.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16F72
RGB	rgb(225, 111, 114)
HSL	hsl(358, 66%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(358, 51%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.7%, 49.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.42, 44.58, 19.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.42, 48.60, 23.45°)
OKLab	oklab(67.59% 0.1337 0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(67.59% 0.142 20)
XYZ	xyz(39.7759, 28.5956, 19.3411)
Luminance	0.2859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16F72 #6FE1DE

analogous

#E16FAB #E16F72 #E1A56F

triadic

#E16F72 #72E16F #6F72E1

tetradic

#E16F72 #ABE16F #6FE1DE #A56FE1

square

#E16F72 #ABE16F #6FE1DE #A56FE1

split-complementary

#E16F72 #6FE1A5 #6FABE1

monochromatic

#B12529 #D63C40 #E16F72 #ECA2A4 #F6D4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#E16F72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#E16F72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16F72

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16F72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16F72	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59B70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F45F71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16f72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 111, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.142 20.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef9b9a',
    500: '#e16f72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16f72;
$custom-light: #ef9b9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16f72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.421,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67594,
    "c": 0.14228,
    "h": 20
  },
  "luminance": 0.28591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16F72

secondary

#C3E9E8

accent

#CDC918

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FFF2F2

border

#D7CCCC

text

#170E0E

muted

#857E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16F72

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

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