#E16040#E16040

#E16040 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.168 H 35.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16040
RGB	rgb(225, 96, 64)
HSL	hsl(12, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(12, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.3%, 71.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.83, 48.39, 42.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.83, 64.59, 41.48°)
OKLab	oklab(64.62% 0.1376 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(64.62% 0.168 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1633, 24.7483, 7.7221)
Luminance	0.2474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16040 #40C1E1

analogous

#E14071 #E16040 #E1B040

triadic

#E16040 #40E160 #6040E1

tetradic

#E16040 #71E140 #40C1E1 #B040E1

square

#E16040 #71E140 #40C1E1 #B040E1

split-complementary

#E16040 #40E1B0 #4071E1

monochromatic

#902F17 #C5401F #E16040 #E98C75 #F2B8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#E16040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#E16040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16040

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16040	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83773C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F74459

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 96, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.168 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f29176',
    500: '#e16040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16040;
$custom-light: #f29176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.925,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64617,
    "c": 0.16827,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16040

secondary

#9DD2DF

accent

#CBF038

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16040

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

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