#E16740#E16740

#E16740 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.162 H 38.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16740
RGB	rgb(225, 103, 64)
HSL	hsl(15, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(15, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.2%, 71.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.12, 45.06, 44.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.12, 63.13, 44.46°)
OKLab	oklab(65.59% 0.1274 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(65.59% 0.162 38.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.8306, 26.0829, 7.9445)
Luminance	0.2608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16740 #40BAE1

analogous

#E1406A #E16740 #E1B840

triadic

#E16740 #40E167 #6740E1

tetradic

#E16740 #6AE140 #40BAE1 #B840E1

square

#E16740 #6AE140 #40BAE1 #B840E1

split-complementary

#E16740 #40E1B8 #406AE1

monochromatic

#903417 #C5471F #E16740 #E99175 #F2BBAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#E16740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#E16740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16740

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16740	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887B3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6963D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F64D5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 103, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.162 38.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f29576',
    500: '#e16740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16740;
$custom-light: #f29576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 103,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.534,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65592,
    "c": 0.16186,
    "h": 38.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16740

secondary

#9DCFDF

accent

#C3F038

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16740

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

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