#E16843#E16843

#E16843 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.160 H 37.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16843
RGB	rgb(225, 104, 67)
HSL	hsl(14, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(14, 70%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 70.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.34, 44.72, 42.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.34, 61.97, 43.81°)
OKLab	oklab(65.77% 0.1268 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(65.77% 0.16 37.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0183, 26.3181, 8.4396)
Luminance	0.2631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16843 #43BCE1

analogous

#E1436D #E16843 #E1B743

triadic

#E16843 #43E168 #6843E1

tetradic

#E16843 #6DE143 #43BCE1 #B743E1

square

#E16843 #6DE143 #43BCE1 #B743E1

split-complementary

#E16843 #43E1B7 #436DE1

monochromatic

#923417 #C74720 #E16843 #E99278 #F2BDAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#E16843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#E16843 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16843

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16843	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897C3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F64F60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 104, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.160 37.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f19678',
    500: '#e16843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16843;
$custom-light: #f19678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.051,
    "s": 72.477,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65772,
    "c": 0.16006,
    "h": 37.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16843

secondary

#A0D1E0

accent

#C4EF39

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16843

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

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