#E16140#E16140

#E16140 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.167 H 35.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E16140
RGBrgb(225, 97, 64)
HSLhsl(12, 73%, 57%)
HSVhsv(12, 72%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 56.9%, 71.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(57.01, 47.92, 42.98)
CIE-LCHlch(57.01, 64.37, 41.89°)
OKLaboklab(64.75% 0.1362 0.0972)
OKLCHoklch(64.75% 0.167 35.5)
XYZxyz(36.2551, 24.9319, 7.7527)
Luminance0.2493 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E16140 #40C0E1
analogous
#E14070 #E16140 #E1B240
triadic
#E16140 #40E161 #6140E1
tetradic
#E16140 #70E140 #40C0E1 #B240E1
square
#E16140 #70E140 #40C0E1 #B240E1
split-complementary
#E16140 #40E1B2 #4070E1
monochromatic
#902F17 #C5411F #E16140 #E98D75 #F2B9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51
#E16140 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99
#E16140 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16140
5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E16140#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E161401.003.515.995.99
#FFFFFF3.511.0021.0021.00
#0000005.9921.001.001.00
##0000005.9921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#84773C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A3933C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7455A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e16140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 97, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.167 35.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f29276',
    500: '#e16140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e16140;
$custom-light: #f29276;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e16140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.298,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64753,
    "c": 0.16733,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E16140
secondary
#9DD2DF
accent
#CAF038
background
#FFF9F7
surface
#FFF1ED
border
#D7CBC8
text
#180D08
muted
#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16140

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#E16140 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva