#E16340#E16340

#E16340 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.165 H 36.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16340
RGB	rgb(225, 99, 64)
HSL	hsl(13, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(13, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56%, 71.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.37, 46.98, 43.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.37, 63.95, 42.73°)
OKLab	oklab(65.03% 0.1333 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(65.03% 0.165 36.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.4422, 25.3062, 7.8151)
Luminance	0.2530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16340 #40BEE1

analogous

#E1406E #E16340 #E1B340

triadic

#E16340 #40E163 #6340E1

tetradic

#E16340 #6EE140 #40BEE1 #B340E1

square

#E16340 #6EE140 #40BEE1 #B340E1

split-complementary

#E16340 #40E1B3 #406EE1

monochromatic

#903117 #C5431F #E16340 #E98E75 #F2B9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#E16340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#E16340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16340

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16340	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85783C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7485B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 99, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.165 36.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f29376',
    500: '#e16340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16340;
$custom-light: #f29376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 99,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.043,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65028,
    "c": 0.16549,
    "h": 36.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16340

secondary

#9DD1DF

accent

#C8F038

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180D08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16340

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

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