#E16540#E16540

#E16540 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.164 H 37.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16540
RGB	rgb(225, 101, 64)
HSL	hsl(14, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(14, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 71.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.74, 46.02, 43.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.74, 63.53, 43.58°)
OKLab	oklab(65.31% 0.1303 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(65.31% 0.164 37.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.6340, 25.6898, 7.8790)
Luminance	0.2569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16540 #40BCE1

analogous

#E1406C #E16540 #E1B640

triadic

#E16540 #40E165 #6540E1

tetradic

#E16540 #6CE140 #40BCE1 #B640E1

square

#E16540 #6CE140 #40BCE1 #B640E1

split-complementary

#E16540 #40E1B6 #406CE1

monochromatic

#903317 #C5451F #E16540 #E99075 #F2BAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#E16540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#E16540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16540

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16540	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)

#877A3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F74B5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 101, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.164 37.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f29476',
    500: '#e16540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16540;
$custom-light: #f29476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.789,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65308,
    "c": 0.16366,
    "h": 37.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16540

secondary

#9DD0DF

accent

#C5F038

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180D08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16540

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

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