#E16A4E#E16A4E

#E16A4E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.155 H 34.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16A4E
RGB	rgb(225, 106, 78)
HSL	hsl(11, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(11, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 65.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.85, 44.35, 37.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.85, 58.14, 40.29°)
OKLab	oklab(66.21% 0.1276 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(66.21% 0.155 34.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.5839, 26.8703, 10.4136)
Luminance	0.2687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16A4E #4EC5E1

analogous

#E14E7B #E16A4E #E1B44E

triadic

#E16A4E #4EE16A #6A4EE1

tetradic

#E16A4E #7BE14E #4EC5E1 #B44EE1

square

#E16A4E #7BE14E #4EC5E1 #B44EE1

split-complementary

#E16A4E #4EE1B4 #4E7BE1

monochromatic

#9A331A #CF4423 #E16A4E #EA9682 #F3C2B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#E16A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#E16A4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16A4E

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16A4E	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)

#897E4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6974B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65364

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 106, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.155 34.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f19780',
    500: '#e16a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16a4e;
$custom-light: #f19780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.429,
    "s": 71.014,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66208,
    "c": 0.15492,
    "h": 34.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16A4E

secondary

#A9D7E2

accent

#CCEE3A

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2EE

border

#D7CCC9

text

#180E0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16A4E

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

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