#E16046#E16046

#E16046 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.167 H 33.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16046
RGB	rgb(225, 96, 70)
HSL	hsl(10, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(10, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.3%, 68.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.90, 48.69, 39.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.90, 62.79, 39.16°)
OKLab	oklab(64.69% 0.1397 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(64.69% 0.167 33.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.3433, 24.8203, 8.6702)
Luminance	0.2482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16046 #46C7E1

analogous

#E14679 #E16046 #E1AE46

triadic

#E16046 #46E160 #6046E1

tetradic

#E16046 #79E146 #46C7E1 #AE46E1

square

#E16046 #79E146 #46C7E1 #AE46E1

split-complementary

#E16046 #46E1AE #4679E1

monochromatic

#952D18 #C93D21 #E16046 #EA8D7B #F2BBAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#E16046 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#E16046 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16046

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16046	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16046	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837743

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6455A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16046;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 96, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.167 33.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2917a',
    500: '#e16046',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16046;
$custom-light: #f2917a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16046",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.065,
    "s": 72.093,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64693,
    "c": 0.16673,
    "h": 33.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16046

secondary

#A2D6E0

accent

#D0EF39

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16046

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

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