#E16A48#E16A48

#E16A48 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.157 H 36.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16A48
RGB	rgb(225, 106, 72)
HSL	hsl(13, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(13, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 68%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.78, 44.01, 40.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.78, 59.97, 42.80°)
OKLab	oklab(66.13% 0.1255 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(66.13% 0.157 36.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.3786, 26.7881, 9.3319)
Luminance	0.2678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16A48 #48BFE1

analogous

#E14872 #E16A48 #E1B648

triadic

#E16A48 #48E16A #6A48E1

tetradic

#E16A48 #72E148 #48BFE1 #B648E1

square

#E16A48 #72E148 #48BFE1 #B648E1

split-complementary

#E16A48 #48E1B6 #4872E1

monochromatic

#963419 #CB4721 #E16A48 #EA957D #F2C0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#E16A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#E16A48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16A48

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16A48	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7D44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65262

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 106, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.157 36.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1977c',
    500: '#e16a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16a48;
$custom-light: #f1977c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.333,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66125,
    "c": 0.15671,
    "h": 36.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16A48

secondary

#A4D3E1

accent

#C6EF39

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2EE

border

#D7CCC9

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16A48

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

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