#E16C4A#E16C4A

#E16C4A is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.154 H 37.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16C4A
RGB	rgb(225, 108, 74)
HSL	hsl(14, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(14, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 67.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.19, 43.13, 40.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.19, 58.93, 42.95°)
OKLab	oklab(66.44% 0.1232 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(66.44% 0.154 37)
XYZ	xyz(37.6534, 27.2317, 9.7506)
Luminance	0.2723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16C4A #4ABFE1

analogous

#E14A73 #E16C4A #E1B74A

triadic

#E16C4A #4AE16C #6C4AE1

tetradic

#E16C4A #73E14A #4ABFE1 #B74AE1

square

#E16C4A #73E14A #4ABFE1 #B74AE1

split-complementary

#E16C4A #4AE1B7 #4A73E1

monochromatic

#973619 #CC4822 #E16C4A #EA977E #F2C1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#E16C4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#E16C4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16C4A

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16C4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16C4A	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7F46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65564

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16c4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 108, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.154 37.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1997d',
    500: '#e16c4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16c4a;
$custom-light: #f1997d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16c4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.51,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66445,
    "c": 0.15425,
    "h": 37
  },
  "luminance": 0.27227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16C4A

secondary

#A6D4E1

accent

#C6EE39

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2EE

border

#D7CCC9

text

#180E0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16C4A

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

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