#E16546#E16546

#E16546 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.162 H 35.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16546
RGB	rgb(225, 101, 70)
HSL	hsl(12, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(12, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 68.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.81, 46.32, 40.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.81, 61.66, 41.30°)
OKLab	oklab(65.38% 0.1323 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(65.38% 0.162 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.8141, 25.7618, 8.8271)
Luminance	0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16546 #46C2E1

analogous

#E14674 #E16546 #E1B246

triadic

#E16546 #46E165 #6546E1

tetradic

#E16546 #74E146 #46C2E1 #B246E1

square

#E16546 #74E146 #46C2E1 #B246E1

split-complementary

#E16546 #46E1B2 #4674E1

monochromatic

#953118 #C94221 #E16546 #EA917B #F2BDAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#E16546 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#E16546 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16546

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16546	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16546	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867A42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F64B5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16546;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 101, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.162 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1947a',
    500: '#e16546',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16546;
$custom-light: #f1947a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16546",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 72.093,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65383,
    "c": 0.16195,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16546

secondary

#A2D4E0

accent

#CAEF39

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2EE

border

#D7CCC9

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16546

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

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