#E16B49#E16B49

#E16B49 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.155 H 36.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16B49
RGB	rgb(225, 107, 73)
HSL	hsl(13, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(13, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 67.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.98, 43.57, 40.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.98, 59.45, 42.87°)
OKLab	oklab(66.28% 0.1244 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(66.28% 0.155 36.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.5151, 27.0086, 9.5397)
Luminance	0.2700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16B49 #49BFE1

analogous

#E14973 #E16B49 #E1B749

triadic

#E16B49 #49E16B #6B49E1

tetradic

#E16B49 #73E149 #49BFE1 #B749E1

square

#E16B49 #73E149 #49BFE1 #B749E1

split-complementary

#E16B49 #49E1B7 #4973E1

monochromatic

#973519 #CB4722 #E16B49 #EA967E #F2C0B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#E16B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#E16B49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16B49

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16B49	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)

#8A7E45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65463

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 107, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.155 36.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1987d',
    500: '#e16b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16b49;
$custom-light: #f1987d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.421,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66284,
    "c": 0.15549,
    "h": 36.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16B49

secondary

#A5D4E1

accent

#C6EE39

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2EE

border

#D7CCC9

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16B49

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

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