#E16648#E16648

#E16648 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.160 H 34.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16648
RGB	rgb(225, 102, 72)
HSL	hsl(12, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(12, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.7%, 68%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.02, 45.95, 39.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.02, 60.83, 40.95°)
OKLab	oklab(65.55% 0.1315 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(65.55% 0.16 34.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.9759, 25.9829, 9.1977)
Luminance	0.2598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16648 #48C3E1

analogous

#E14876 #E16648 #E1B348

triadic

#E16648 #48E166 #6648E1

tetradic

#E16648 #76E148 #48C3E1 #B348E1

square

#E16648 #76E148 #48C3E1 #B348E1

split-complementary

#E16648 #48E1B3 #4876E1

monochromatic

#963119 #CB4221 #E16648 #EA927D #F2BEB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#E16648 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#E16648 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16648

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16648	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16648	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877B45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F64D5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16648;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 102, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.160 34.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1957c',
    500: '#e16648',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16648;
$custom-light: #f1957c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16648",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.765,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6555,
    "c": 0.16045,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16648

secondary

#A4D5E1

accent

#CBEF39

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2EE

border

#D7CCC9

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16648

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

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