#E16343#E16343

#E16343 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.165 H 35.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16343
RGB	rgb(225, 99, 67)
HSL	hsl(12, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(12, 70%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56%, 70.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.41, 47.12, 41.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.41, 63.02, 41.60°)
OKLab	oklab(65.07% 0.1343 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(65.07% 0.165 35.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5299, 25.3412, 8.2768)
Luminance	0.2534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16343 #43C1E1

analogous

#E14372 #E16343 #E1B243

triadic

#E16343 #43E163 #6343E1

tetradic

#E16343 #72E143 #43C1E1 #B243E1

square

#E16343 #72E143 #43C1E1 #B243E1

split-complementary

#E16343 #43E1B2 #4372E1

monochromatic

#923017 #C74220 #E16343 #E98F78 #F2BBAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#E16343 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#E16343 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16343

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16343	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16343	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85793F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6485C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16343;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 99, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.165 35.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f29378',
    500: '#e16343',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16343;
$custom-light: #f29378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16343",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 99,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.152,
    "s": 72.477,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65065,
    "c": 0.16466,
    "h": 35.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16343

secondary

#A0D3E0

accent

#CAEF39

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16343

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

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