#E16240#E16240

#E16240 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.166 H 35.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16240
RGB	rgb(225, 98, 64)
HSL	hsl(13, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(13, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 71.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.19, 47.45, 43.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.19, 64.16, 42.30°)
OKLab	oklab(64.89% 0.1347 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(64.89% 0.166 35.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3481, 25.1179, 7.7837)
Luminance	0.2511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16240 #40BFE1

analogous

#E1406F #E16240 #E1B340

triadic

#E16240 #40E162 #6240E1

tetradic

#E16240 #6FE140 #40BFE1 #B340E1

square

#E16240 #6FE140 #40BFE1 #B340E1

split-complementary

#E16240 #40E1B3 #406FE1

monochromatic

#903017 #C5421F #E16240 #E98D75 #F2B9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#E16240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#E16240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16240

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16240	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85783C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7475B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 98, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.166 35.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f29276',
    500: '#e16240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16240;
$custom-light: #f29276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.671,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6489,
    "c": 0.16641,
    "h": 35.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16240

secondary

#9DD1DF

accent

#C9F038

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16240

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

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