#E16440#E16440

#E16440 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.165 H 36.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16440
RGB	rgb(225, 100, 64)
HSL	hsl(13, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(13, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 71.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.56, 46.50, 43.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.56, 63.74, 43.15°)
OKLab	oklab(65.17% 0.1318 0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(65.17% 0.165 36.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.5375, 25.4968, 7.8468)
Luminance	0.2549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16440 #40BDE1

analogous

#E1406D #E16440 #E1B540

triadic

#E16440 #40E164 #6440E1

tetradic

#E16440 #6DE140 #40BDE1 #B540E1

square

#E16440 #6DE140 #40BDE1 #B540E1

split-complementary

#E16440 #40E1B5 #406DE1

monochromatic

#903217 #C5441F #E16440 #E98F75 #F2BAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#E16440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#E16440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16440

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16440	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86793C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7495C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 100, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.165 36.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f29376',
    500: '#e16440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16440;
$custom-light: #f29376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.416,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65168,
    "c": 0.16457,
    "h": 36.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16440

secondary

#9DD1DF

accent

#C7F038

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180D08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16440

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

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