#E16A55#E16A55

#E16A55 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.153 H 31.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16A55
RGB	rgb(225, 106, 85)
HSL	hsl(9, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(9, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 62.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.95, 44.78, 33.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.95, 56.14, 37.09°)
OKLab	oklab(66.31% 0.1302 0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(66.31% 0.153 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.8484, 26.9761, 11.8064)
Luminance	0.2697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16A55 #55CCE1

analogous

#E15586 #E16A55 #E1B055

triadic

#E16A55 #55E16A #6A55E1

tetradic

#E16A55 #86E155 #55CCE1 #B055E1

square

#E16A55 #86E155 #55CCE1 #B055E1

split-complementary

#E16A55 #55E1B0 #5586E1

monochromatic

#9F301C #D33F25 #E16A55 #EA9889 #F3C5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#E16A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#E16A55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16A55

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16A55	1.00	3.28	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.28	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)

#887E53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65465

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 106, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.153 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09785',
    500: '#e16a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16a55;
$custom-light: #f09785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66314,
    "c": 0.153,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16A55

secondary

#AEDBE3

accent

#B5D214

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16A55

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

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