#E16A4B#E16A4B

#E16A4B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.156 H 35.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16A4B
RGB	rgb(225, 106, 75)
HSL	hsl(12, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(12, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 66.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.81, 44.17, 39.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.81, 59.04, 41.57°)
OKLab	oklab(66.16% 0.1266 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(66.16% 0.156 35.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4788, 26.8282, 9.8600)
Luminance	0.2682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16A4B #4BC2E1

analogous

#E14B77 #E16A4B #E1B54B

triadic

#E16A4B #4BE16A #6A4BE1

tetradic

#E16A4B #77E14B #4BC2E1 #B54BE1

square

#E16A4B #77E14B #4BC2E1 #B54BE1

split-complementary

#E16A4B #4BE1B5 #4B77E1

monochromatic

#983419 #CD4522 #E16A4B #EA957F #F2C1B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#E16A4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#E16A4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16A4B

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16A4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16A4B	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)

#897D48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65363

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16a4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 106, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.156 35.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1977e',
    500: '#e16a4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16a4b;
$custom-light: #f1977e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16a4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.4,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66165,
    "c": 0.15581,
    "h": 35.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16A4B

secondary

#A6D5E1

accent

#C9EE3A

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2EE

border

#D7CCC9

text

#180E0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16A4B

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

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