#E16850#E16850

#E16850 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.156 H 32.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16850
RGB	rgb(225, 104, 80)
HSL	hsl(10, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(10, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 64.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.50, 45.44, 36.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.50, 58.02, 38.44°)
OKLab	oklab(65.95% 0.1314 0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(65.95% 0.156 32.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.4530, 26.4920, 10.7290)
Luminance	0.2649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16850 #50C9E1

analogous

#E15081 #E16850 #E1B150

triadic

#E16850 #50E168 #6850E1

tetradic

#E16850 #81E150 #50C9E1 #B150E1

square

#E16850 #81E150 #50C9E1 #B150E1

split-complementary

#E16850 #50E1B1 #5081E1

monochromatic

#9C301B #D04024 #E16850 #EA9584 #F3C2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#E16850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#E16850 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16850

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16850	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877C4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5974D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65163

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 104, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.156 32.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f19681',
    500: '#e16850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16850;
$custom-light: #f19681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.931,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65948,
    "c": 0.15632,
    "h": 32.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16850

secondary

#AAD9E2

accent

#D0ED3A

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2EE

border

#D7CCC9

text

#180E0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16850

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

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