#E16D48#E16D48

#E16D48 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.154 H 38.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16D48
RGB	rgb(225, 109, 72)
HSL	hsl(15, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(15, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 68%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.36, 42.53, 41.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.36, 59.36, 44.24°)
OKLab	oklab(66.57% 0.121 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(66.57% 0.154 38.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6932, 27.4173, 9.4368)
Luminance	0.2741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16D48 #48BCE1

analogous

#E1486F #E16D48 #E1BA48

triadic

#E16D48 #48E16D #6D48E1

tetradic

#E16D48 #6FE148 #48BCE1 #BA48E1

square

#E16D48 #6FE148 #48BCE1 #BA48E1

split-complementary

#E16D48 #48E1BA #486FE1

monochromatic

#963719 #CB4A21 #E16D48 #EA977D #F2C1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#E16D48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#E16D48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16D48

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16D48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16D48	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7F44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65665

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16d48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 109, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.154 38.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1997c',
    500: '#e16d48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16d48;
$custom-light: #f1997c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16d48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.51,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66567,
    "c": 0.15399,
    "h": 38.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16D48

secondary

#A4D2E1

accent

#C3EF39

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2EE

border

#D7CCC9

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16D48

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

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