#E16C48#E16C48

#E16C48 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.155 H 37.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16C48
RGB	rgb(225, 108, 72)
HSL	hsl(14, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(14, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 68%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.16, 43.02, 41.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.16, 59.56, 43.76°)
OKLab	oklab(66.42% 0.1225 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(66.42% 0.155 37.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.5871, 27.2052, 9.4014)
Luminance	0.2720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16C48 #48BDE1

analogous

#E14870 #E16C48 #E1B948

triadic

#E16C48 #48E16C #6C48E1

tetradic

#E16C48 #70E148 #48BDE1 #B948E1

square

#E16C48 #70E148 #48BDE1 #B948E1

split-complementary

#E16C48 #48E1B9 #4870E1

monochromatic

#963619 #CB4921 #E16C48 #EA967D #F2C0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#E16C48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#E16C48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16C48

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16C48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16C48	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7F44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65564

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16c48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 108, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.155 37.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1997c',
    500: '#e16c48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16c48;
$custom-light: #f1997c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16c48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.118,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66419,
    "c": 0.15489,
    "h": 37.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16C48

secondary

#A4D3E1

accent

#C4EF39

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2EE

border

#D7CCC9

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16C48

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

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