#E16B48#E16B48

#E16B48 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.156 H 37.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16B48
RGB	rgb(225, 107, 72)
HSL	hsl(14, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(14, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 68%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.97, 43.51, 40.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.97, 59.77, 43.27°)
OKLab	oklab(66.27% 0.124 0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(66.27% 0.156 37.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.4822, 26.9954, 9.3665)
Luminance	0.2699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16B48 #48BEE1

analogous

#E14872 #E16B48 #E1B748

triadic

#E16B48 #48E16B #6B48E1

tetradic

#E16B48 #72E148 #48BEE1 #B748E1

square

#E16B48 #72E148 #48BEE1 #B748E1

split-complementary

#E16B48 #48E1B7 #4872E1

monochromatic

#963519 #CB4821 #E16B48 #EA967D #F2C0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#E16B48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#E16B48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16B48

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16B48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16B48	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7E44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65363

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16b48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 107, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.156 37.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1987c',
    500: '#e16b48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16b48;
$custom-light: #f1987c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16b48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.725,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66271,
    "c": 0.1558,
    "h": 37.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16B48

secondary

#A4D3E1

accent

#C5EF39

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2EE

border

#D7CCC9

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16B48

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

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