#E16C53#E16C53

#E16C53 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.152 H 33.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16C53
RGB	rgb(225, 108, 83)
HSL	hsl(11, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(11, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 63.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.31, 43.67, 35.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.31, 56.22, 39.03°)
OKLab	oklab(66.57% 0.1264 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(66.57% 0.152 33.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.9786, 27.3618, 11.4633)
Luminance	0.2736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16C53 #53C8E1

analogous

#E15381 #E16C53 #E1B353

triadic

#E16C53 #53E16C #6C53E1

tetradic

#E16C53 #81E153 #53C8E1 #B353E1

square

#E16C53 #81E153 #53C8E1 #B353E1

split-complementary

#E16C53 #53E1B3 #5381E1

monochromatic

#9E331C #D24325 #E16C53 #EA9987 #F3C5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#E16C53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#E16C53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16C53

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16C53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16C53	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)

#8A7F50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65666

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16c53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 108, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.152 33.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09984',
    500: '#e16c53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16c53;
$custom-light: #f09984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16c53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.563,
    "s": 70.297,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66574,
    "c": 0.15154,
    "h": 33.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16C53

secondary

#ADD9E3

accent

#B1D213

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16C53

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

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