#E16042#E16042

#E16042 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.168 H 34.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16042
RGB	rgb(225, 96, 66)
HSL	hsl(11, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(11, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.3%, 70.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.85, 48.49, 41.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.85, 63.98, 40.73°)
OKLab	oklab(64.64% 0.1383 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(64.64% 0.168 34.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.2212, 24.7714, 8.0272)
Luminance	0.2477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16042 #42C3E1

analogous

#E14273 #E16042 #E1B042

triadic

#E16042 #42E160 #6042E1

tetradic

#E16042 #73E142 #42C3E1 #B042E1

square

#E16042 #73E142 #42C3E1 #B042E1

split-complementary

#E16042 #42E1B0 #4273E1

monochromatic

#922E17 #C63F1F #E16042 #E98C77 #F2B9AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#E16042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#E16042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16042

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16042	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)

#83773E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F74459

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 96, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.168 34.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f29177',
    500: '#e16042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16042;
$custom-light: #f29177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.321,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64641,
    "c": 0.16775,
    "h": 34.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16042

secondary

#9FD4E0

accent

#CDEF38

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16042

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

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