#E16A4C#E16A4C

#E16A4C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.156 H 35.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16A4C
RGB	rgb(225, 106, 76)
HSL	hsl(12, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(12, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 66.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.83, 44.23, 38.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.83, 58.74, 41.15°)
OKLab	oklab(66.18% 0.1269 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(66.18% 0.156 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.5133, 26.8420, 10.0417)
Luminance	0.2684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16A4C #4CC3E1

analogous

#E14C79 #E16A4C #E1B54C

triadic

#E16A4C #4CE16A #6A4CE1

tetradic

#E16A4C #79E14C #4CC3E1 #B54CE1

square

#E16A4C #79E14C #4CC3E1 #B54CE1

split-complementary

#E16A4C #4CE1B5 #4C79E1

monochromatic

#99331A #CD4522 #E16A4C #EA9680 #F3C1B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#E16A4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#E16A4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16A4C

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16A4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16A4C	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897D49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65363

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16a4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 106, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.156 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1977f',
    500: '#e16a4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16a4c;
$custom-light: #f1977f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16a4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.081,
    "s": 71.292,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66179,
    "c": 0.15551,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16A4C

secondary

#A7D6E2

accent

#CAEE3A

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2EE

border

#D7CCC9

text

#180E0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16A4C

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

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