#E16853#E16853

#E16853 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.156 H 31.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16853
RGB	rgb(225, 104, 83)
HSL	hsl(9, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(9, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 63.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.54, 45.63, 34.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.54, 57.18, 37.07°)
OKLab	oklab(65.99% 0.1325 0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(65.99% 0.156 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5664, 26.5373, 11.3259)
Luminance	0.2653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16853 #53CCE1

analogous

#E15385 #E16853 #E1AF53

triadic

#E16853 #53E168 #6853E1

tetradic

#E16853 #85E153 #53CCE1 #AF53E1

square

#E16853 #85E153 #53CCE1 #AF53E1

split-complementary

#E16853 #53E1AF #5385E1

monochromatic

#9E2F1C #D23E25 #E16853 #EA9687 #F3C3BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#E16853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#E16853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16853

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16853	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877D51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65163

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 104, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.156 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f19684',
    500: '#e16853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16853;
$custom-light: #f19684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.873,
    "s": 70.297,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65994,
    "c": 0.15554,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16853

secondary

#ADDBE3

accent

#B6D213

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16853

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

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