#E16A50#E16A50

#E16A50 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.154 H 33.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16A50
RGB	rgb(225, 106, 80)
HSL	hsl(11, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(11, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 64.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.88, 44.47, 36.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.88, 57.55, 39.41°)
OKLab	oklab(66.24% 0.1284 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(66.24% 0.154 33.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.6567, 26.8994, 10.7969)
Luminance	0.2690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16A50 #50C7E1

analogous

#E1507E #E16A50 #E1B350

triadic

#E16A50 #50E16A #6A50E1

tetradic

#E16A50 #7EE150 #50C7E1 #B350E1

square

#E16A50 #7EE150 #50C7E1 #B350E1

split-complementary

#E16A50 #50E1B3 #507EE1

monochromatic

#9C321B #D04324 #E16A50 #EA9684 #F3C3B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#E16A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#E16A50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16A50

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16A50	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897E4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6974D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65364

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 106, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.154 33.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f19782',
    500: '#e16a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16a50;
$custom-light: #f19782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.759,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66237,
    "c": 0.15435,
    "h": 33.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16A50

secondary

#AAD8E2

accent

#CDED3A

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2EE

border

#D7CCC9

text

#180E0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16A50

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

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