#E16949#E16949

#E16949 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.157 H 35.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16949
RGB	rgb(225, 105, 73)
HSL	hsl(13, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(13, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.3%, 67.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.60, 44.55, 40.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.60, 59.87, 41.92°)
OKLab	oklab(65.99% 0.1274 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(65.99% 0.157 35.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3090, 26.5964, 9.4710)
Luminance	0.2659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16949 #49C1E1

analogous

#E14975 #E16949 #E1B549

triadic

#E16949 #49E169 #6949E1

tetradic

#E16949 #75E149 #49C1E1 #B549E1

square

#E16949 #75E149 #49C1E1 #B549E1

split-complementary

#E16949 #49E1B5 #4975E1

monochromatic

#973319 #CB4522 #E16949 #EA947E #F2C0B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#E16949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#E16949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16949

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16949	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897D45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65162

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 105, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.157 35.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1977d',
    500: '#e16949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16949;
$custom-light: #f1977d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.632,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65993,
    "c": 0.15733,
    "h": 35.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16949

secondary

#A5D4E1

accent

#C8EE39

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2EE

border

#D7CCC9

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16949

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

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