#E16C4C#E16C4C

#E16C4C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.154 H 36.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16C4C
RGB	rgb(225, 108, 76)
HSL	hsl(13, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(13, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 66.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.21, 43.25, 39.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.21, 58.31, 42.12°)
OKLab	oklab(66.47% 0.1239 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(66.47% 0.154 36.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.7218, 27.2591, 10.1112)
Luminance	0.2725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16C4C #4CC1E1

analogous

#E14C77 #E16C4C #E1B74C

triadic

#E16C4C #4CE16C #6C4CE1

tetradic

#E16C4C #77E14C #4CC1E1 #B74CE1

square

#E16C4C #77E14C #4CC1E1 #B74CE1

split-complementary

#E16C4C #4CE1B7 #4C77E1

monochromatic

#99351A #CD4722 #E16C4C #EA9780 #F3C2B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#E16C4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#E16C4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16C4C

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16C4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16C4C	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)

#8B7F49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8984A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65565

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16c4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 108, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.154 36.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1997f',
    500: '#e16c4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16c4c;
$custom-light: #f1997f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16c4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.886,
    "s": 71.292,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66472,
    "c": 0.15362,
    "h": 36.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16C4C

secondary

#A7D5E2

accent

#C7EE3A

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2EE

border

#D7CCC9

text

#180E0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

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