#E16549#E16549

#E16549 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.161 H 34.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16549
RGB	rgb(225, 101, 73)
HSL	hsl(11, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(11, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 67.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.85, 46.48, 39.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.85, 60.76, 40.09°)
OKLab	oklab(65.42% 0.1334 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(65.42% 0.161 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.9111, 25.8007, 9.3383)
Luminance	0.2580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16549 #49C5E1

analogous

#E14979 #E16549 #E1B149

triadic

#E16549 #49E165 #6549E1

tetradic

#E16549 #79E149 #49C5E1 #B149E1

square

#E16549 #79E149 #49C5E1 #B149E1

split-complementary

#E16549 #49E1B1 #4979E1

monochromatic

#973019 #CB4122 #E16549 #EA917E #F2BEB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#E16549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#E16549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16549

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16549	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867A46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F64C5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 101, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.161 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1947c',
    500: '#e16549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16549;
$custom-light: #f1947c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.053,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65423,
    "c": 0.16113,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16549

secondary

#A5D6E1

accent

#CDEE39

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2EE

border

#D7CCC9

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16549

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

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