#E16550#E16550

#E16550 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.159 H 31.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16550
RGB	rgb(225, 101, 80)
HSL	hsl(9, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(9, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 64.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.94, 46.89, 35.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.94, 58.74, 37.05°)
OKLab	oklab(65.52% 0.1359 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(65.52% 0.159 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1564, 25.8988, 10.6302)
Luminance	0.2589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16550 #50CCE1

analogous

#E15083 #E16550 #E1AE50

triadic

#E16550 #50E165 #6550E1

tetradic

#E16550 #83E150 #50CCE1 #AE50E1

square

#E16550 #83E150 #50CCE1 #AE50E1

split-complementary

#E16550 #50E1AE #5083E1

monochromatic

#9C2D1B #D03D24 #E16550 #EA9384 #F3C1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#E16550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#E16550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16550

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16550	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857B4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4954D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F64D60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 101, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.159 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f19481',
    500: '#e16550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16550;
$custom-light: #f19481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.69,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65523,
    "c": 0.15932,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16550

secondary

#AADAE2

accent

#D4ED3A

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2EE

border

#D7CCC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16550

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

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