#E16A53#E16A53

#E16A53 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.154 H 32.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16A53
RGB	rgb(225, 106, 83)
HSL	hsl(10, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(10, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 63.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.92, 44.65, 34.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.92, 56.69, 38.03°)
OKLab	oklab(66.28% 0.1295 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(66.28% 0.154 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.7701, 26.9447, 11.3938)
Luminance	0.2694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16A53 #53CAE1

analogous

#E15383 #E16A53 #E1B153

triadic

#E16A53 #53E16A #6A53E1

tetradic

#E16A53 #83E153 #53CAE1 #B153E1

square

#E16A53 #83E153 #53CAE1 #B153E1

split-complementary

#E16A53 #53E1B1 #5383E1

monochromatic

#9E311C #D24125 #E16A53 #EA9787 #F3C4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#E16A53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#E16A53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16A53

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16A53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16A53	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897E50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69850

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65465

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16a53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 106, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.154 32.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09784',
    500: '#e16a53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16a53;
$custom-light: #f09784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16a53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.718,
    "s": 70.297,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66282,
    "c": 0.15353,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16A53

secondary

#ADDAE3

accent

#B3D213

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16A53

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

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