#E16749#E16749

#E16749 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.159 H 35.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16749
RGB	rgb(225, 103, 73)
HSL	hsl(12, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(12, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.2%, 67.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.22, 45.52, 39.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.22, 60.31, 40.99°)
OKLab	oklab(65.71% 0.1304 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(65.71% 0.159 35)
XYZ	xyz(37.1077, 26.1938, 9.4039)
Luminance	0.2619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16749 #49C3E1

analogous

#E14977 #E16749 #E1B349

triadic

#E16749 #49E167 #6749E1

tetradic

#E16749 #77E149 #49C3E1 #B349E1

square

#E16749 #77E149 #49C3E1 #B349E1

split-complementary

#E16749 #49E1B3 #4977E1

monochromatic

#973219 #CB4322 #E16749 #EA937E #F2BFB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#E16749 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#E16749 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16749

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16749	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16749	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877B46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F64E60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16749;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 103, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.159 35.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1957d',
    500: '#e16749',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16749;
$custom-light: #f1957d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16749",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 103,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.842,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65706,
    "c": 0.15922,
    "h": 35
  },
  "luminance": 0.26189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16749

secondary

#A5D5E1

accent

#CBEE39

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2EE

border

#D7CCC9

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16749

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

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