#E16C4E#E16C4E

#E16C4E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.153 H 35.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16C4E
RGB	rgb(225, 108, 78)
HSL	hsl(12, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(12, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 65.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.24, 43.36, 38.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.24, 57.70, 41.27°)
OKLab	oklab(66.5% 0.1246 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(66.5% 0.153 35.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.7925, 27.2873, 10.4831)
Luminance	0.2728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16C4E #4EC3E1

analogous

#E14E7A #E16C4E #E1B64E

triadic

#E16C4E #4EE16C #6C4EE1

tetradic

#E16C4E #7AE14E #4EC3E1 #B64EE1

square

#E16C4E #7AE14E #4EC3E1 #B64EE1

split-complementary

#E16C4E #4EE1B6 #4E7AE1

monochromatic

#9A341A #CF4623 #E16C4E #EA9782 #F3C3B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#E16C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#E16C4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16C4E

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16C4E	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7F4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7984C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65565

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 108, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.153 35.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f19980',
    500: '#e16c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16c4e;
$custom-light: #f19980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.245,
    "s": 71.014,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.665,
    "c": 0.15301,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16C4E

secondary

#A9D6E2

accent

#C9EE3A

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2EE

border

#D7CCC9

text

#180E0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16C4E

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