#E16849#E16849

#E16849 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.158 H 35.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16849
RGB	rgb(225, 104, 73)
HSL	hsl(12, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(12, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 67.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.41, 45.04, 39.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.41, 60.09, 41.46°)
OKLab	oklab(65.85% 0.1289 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(65.85% 0.158 35.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.2077, 26.3939, 9.4372)
Luminance	0.2639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16849 #49C2E1

analogous

#E14976 #E16849 #E1B449

triadic

#E16849 #49E168 #6849E1

tetradic

#E16849 #76E149 #49C2E1 #B449E1

square

#E16849 #76E149 #49C2E1 #B449E1

split-complementary

#E16849 #49E1B4 #4976E1

monochromatic

#973319 #CB4422 #E16849 #EA947E #F2BFB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#E16849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#E16849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16849

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16849	1.00	3.35	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887C46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65061

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 104, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.158 35.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1967d',
    500: '#e16849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16849;
$custom-light: #f1967d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.237,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65849,
    "c": 0.15828,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16849

secondary

#A5D5E1

accent

#CAEE39

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2EE

border

#D7CCC9

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16849

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

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