#E16048#E16048

#E16048 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.166 H 32.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16048
RGB	rgb(225, 96, 72)
HSL	hsl(9, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(9, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.3%, 68%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.92, 48.79, 38.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.92, 62.20, 38.34°)
OKLab	oklab(64.72% 0.1404 0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(64.72% 0.166 32.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.4075, 24.8459, 9.0082)
Luminance	0.2484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16048 #48C9E1

analogous

#E1487C #E16048 #E1AD48

triadic

#E16048 #48E160 #6048E1

tetradic

#E16048 #7CE148 #48C9E1 #AD48E1

square

#E16048 #7CE148 #48C9E1 #AD48E1

split-complementary

#E16048 #48E1AD #487CE1

monochromatic

#962C19 #CB3C21 #E16048 #EA8E7D #F2BBB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#E16048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#E16048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16048

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16048	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6455B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 96, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.166 32.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1917c',
    500: '#e16048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16048;
$custom-light: #f1917c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.412,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6472,
    "c": 0.16624,
    "h": 32.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16048

secondary

#A4D7E1

accent

#D2EF39

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16048

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

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