#E16C50#E16C50

#E16C50 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.152 H 34.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16C50
RGB	rgb(225, 108, 80)
HSL	hsl(12, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(12, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 64.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.27, 43.48, 37.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.27, 57.09, 40.39°)
OKLab	oklab(66.53% 0.1253 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(66.53% 0.152 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.8653, 27.3164, 10.8665)
Luminance	0.2731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16C50 #50C5E1

analogous

#E1507D #E16C50 #E1B450

triadic

#E16C50 #50E16C #6C50E1

tetradic

#E16C50 #7DE150 #50C5E1 #B450E1

square

#E16C50 #7DE150 #50C5E1 #B450E1

split-complementary

#E16C50 #50E1B4 #507DE1

monochromatic

#9C341B #D04524 #E16C50 #EA9884 #F3C4B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#E16C50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#E16C50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16C50

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16C50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16C50	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)

#8A7F4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7984E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65666

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16c50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 108, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.152 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f19982',
    500: '#e16c50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16c50;
$custom-light: #f19982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16c50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.586,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66529,
    "c": 0.15241,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16C50

secondary

#AAD8E2

accent

#CBED3A

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2EE

border

#D7CCC9

text

#180E0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16C50

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

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