#E16249#E16249

#E16249 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.164 H 32.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16249
RGB	rgb(225, 98, 73)
HSL	hsl(10, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(10, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 67.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.30, 47.91, 38.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.30, 61.45, 38.77°)
OKLab	oklab(65.01% 0.1378 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(65.01% 0.164 32.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.6252, 25.2287, 9.2430)
Luminance	0.2522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16249 #49C8E1

analogous

#E1497C #E16249 #E1AE49

triadic

#E16249 #49E162 #6249E1

tetradic

#E16249 #7CE149 #49C8E1 #AE49E1

square

#E16249 #7CE149 #49C8E1 #AE49E1

split-complementary

#E16249 #49E1AE #497CE1

monochromatic

#972E19 #CB3D22 #E16249 #EA8F7E #F2BDB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#E16249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#E16249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16249

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16249	1.00	3.47	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6485D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 98, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.164 32.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1927c',
    500: '#e16249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16249;
$custom-light: #f1927c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.868,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65006,
    "c": 0.16404,
    "h": 32.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16249

secondary

#A5D7E1

accent

#D1EE39

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2EE

border

#D7CCC9

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16249

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

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