#E16C4B#E16C4B

#E16C4B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.154 H 36.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16C4B
RGB	rgb(225, 108, 75)
HSL	hsl(13, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(13, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 66.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.20, 43.19, 39.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.20, 58.62, 42.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.46% 0.1235 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(66.46% 0.154 36.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.6873, 27.2453, 9.9295)
Luminance	0.2724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16C4B #4BC0E1

analogous

#E14B75 #E16C4B #E1B74B

triadic

#E16C4B #4BE16C #6C4BE1

tetradic

#E16C4B #75E14B #4BC0E1 #B74BE1

square

#E16C4B #75E14B #4BC0E1 #B74BE1

split-complementary

#E16C4B #4BE1B7 #4B75E1

monochromatic

#983519 #CD4822 #E16C4B #EA977F #F2C2B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#E16C4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#E16C4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16C4B

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16C4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16C4B	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)

#8B7F47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65564

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16c4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 108, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.154 36.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1997e',
    500: '#e16c4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16c4b;
$custom-light: #f1997e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16c4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.2,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66459,
    "c": 0.15394,
    "h": 36.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16C4B

secondary

#A6D4E1

accent

#C6EE3A

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2EE

border

#D7CCC9

text

#180E0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16C4B

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