#E16C52#E16C52

#E16C52 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.152 H 33.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16C52
RGB	rgb(225, 108, 82)
HSL	hsl(11, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(11, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 63.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.29, 43.61, 35.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.29, 56.51, 39.49°)
OKLab	oklab(66.56% 0.1261 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(66.56% 0.152 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9403, 27.3464, 11.2614)
Luminance	0.2734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16C52 #52C7E1

analogous

#E15280 #E16C52 #E1B352

triadic

#E16C52 #52E16C #6C52E1

tetradic

#E16C52 #80E152 #52C7E1 #B352E1

square

#E16C52 #80E152 #52C7E1 #B352E1

split-complementary

#E16C52 #52E1B3 #5280E1

monochromatic

#9D331B #D14424 #E16C52 #EA9886 #F3C5BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#E16C52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#E16C52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16C52

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16C52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16C52	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7F4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79850

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65666

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16c52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 108, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.152 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09983',
    500: '#e16c52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16c52;
$custom-light: #f09983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16c52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.909,
    "s": 70.443,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66559,
    "c": 0.15183,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16C52

secondary

#ACD9E3

accent

#B0D213

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16C52

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

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