#E16449#E16449

#E16449 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.162 H 33.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16449
RGB	rgb(225, 100, 73)
HSL	hsl(11, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(11, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 67.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.66, 46.96, 38.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.66, 60.98, 39.64°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% 0.1349 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.162 33.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8146, 25.6076, 9.3062)
Luminance	0.2560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16449 #49C6E1

analogous

#E1497A #E16449 #E1B049

triadic

#E16449 #49E164 #6449E1

tetradic

#E16449 #7AE149 #49C6E1 #B049E1

square

#E16449 #7AE149 #49C6E1 #B049E1

split-complementary

#E16449 #49E1B0 #497AE1

monochromatic

#972F19 #CB4022 #E16449 #EA917E #F2BDB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#E16449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#E16449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16449

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16449	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857A46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F64A5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 100, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.162 33.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1947c',
    500: '#e16449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16449;
$custom-light: #f1947c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.658,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65283,
    "c": 0.1621,
    "h": 33.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16449

secondary

#A5D6E1

accent

#CEEE39

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2EE

border

#D7CCC9

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16449

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

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