#E16A43#E16A43

#E16A43 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.158 H 38.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16A43
RGB	rgb(225, 106, 67)
HSL	hsl(15, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(15, 70%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 70.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.72, 43.74, 43.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.72, 61.57, 44.72°)
OKLab	oklab(66.06% 0.1238 0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(66.06% 0.158 38.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.2220, 26.7255, 8.5075)
Luminance	0.2672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16A43 #43BAE1

analogous

#E1436B #E16A43 #E1B943

triadic

#E16A43 #43E16A #6A43E1

tetradic

#E16A43 #6BE143 #43BAE1 #B943E1

square

#E16A43 #6BE143 #43BAE1 #B943E1

split-complementary

#E16A43 #43E1B9 #436BE1

monochromatic

#923617 #C74920 #E16A43 #E99478 #F2BEAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#E16A43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#E16A43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16A43

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16A43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16A43	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7D3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65261

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16a43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 106, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.158 38.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f19779',
    500: '#e16a43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16a43;
$custom-light: #f19779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16a43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.81,
    "s": 72.477,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66062,
    "c": 0.15827,
    "h": 38.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16A43

secondary

#A0D0E0

accent

#C2EF39

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16A43

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

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