#E16450#E16450

#E16450 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.160 H 31.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16450
RGB	rgb(225, 100, 80)
HSL	hsl(8, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(8, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 64.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.76, 47.36, 35.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.76, 58.99, 36.59°)
OKLab	oklab(65.38% 0.1374 0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(65.38% 0.16 31)
XYZ	xyz(37.0599, 25.7058, 10.5980)
Luminance	0.2570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16450 #50CDE1

analogous

#E15084 #E16450 #E1AD50

triadic

#E16450 #50E164 #6450E1

tetradic

#E16450 #84E150 #50CDE1 #AD50E1

square

#E16450 #84E150 #50CDE1 #AD50E1

split-complementary

#E16450 #50E1AD #5084E1

monochromatic

#9C2D1B #D03B24 #E16450 #EA9284 #F3C1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#E16450 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#E16450 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16450

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16450	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16450	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847A4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3954D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F64C60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16450;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 100, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.160 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f19481',
    500: '#e16450',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16450;
$custom-light: #f19481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16450",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.276,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65384,
    "c": 0.16033,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.25701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16450

secondary

#AADBE2

accent

#D5ED3A

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2EE

border

#D7CCC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16450

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

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