#E16554#E16554
#E16554 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.158 H 29.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E16554 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(225, 101, 84) |
| HSL | hsl(7, 70%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(7, 63%, 88%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 62.7%, 11.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(58.00, 47.13, 33.23) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(58.00, 57.67, 35.19°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.59% 0.1374 0.0788) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.59% 0.158 29.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(37.3086, 25.9597, 11.4318) |
| Luminance | 0.2596 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Coral (survey)
#FC5A50
ΔE00 4.63
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 4.78
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 4.99
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 5.30
Tomato
#FF6347
ΔE00 6.04
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 6.39
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E16554 #54D0E1
analogous
#E15489 #E16554 #E1AB54
triadic
#E16554 #54E165 #6554E1
tetradic
#E16554 #89E154 #54D0E1 #AB54E1
square
#E16554 #89E154 #54D0E1 #AB54E1
split-complementary
#E16554 #54E1AB #5489E1
monochromatic
#9F2C1C #D33A25 #E16554 #EA9488 #F3C3BC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.39
#E16554 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.19
#E16554 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E16554
6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E16554 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E16554 | 1.00 | 3.39 | 6.19 | 6.19 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.39 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.19 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.19 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#857B52
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A39551
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F64D61
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8B8B8B
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e16554; /* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 101, 84); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.158 29.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f19484',
500: '#e16554',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e16554; $custom-light: #f19484; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e16554",
"rgb": {
"r": 225,
"g": 101,
"b": 84
},
"hsl": {
"h": 7.234,
"s": 70.149,
"l": 60.588
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65586,
"c": 0.15837,
"h": 29.9
},
"luminance": 0.25955
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E16554
secondary
#AEDDE3
accent
#BBD213
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF2EF
border
#D7CCCA
text
#180D0B
muted
#867E7C