#E16D49#E16D49

#E16D49 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.154 H 37.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16D49
RGB	rgb(225, 109, 73)
HSL	hsl(14, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(14, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 67.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.37, 42.58, 40.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.37, 59.04, 43.85°)
OKLab	oklab(66.58% 0.1213 0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(66.58% 0.154 37.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7260, 27.4305, 9.6100)
Luminance	0.2743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16D49 #49BDE1

analogous

#E14971 #E16D49 #E1B949

triadic

#E16D49 #49E16D #6D49E1

tetradic

#E16D49 #71E149 #49BDE1 #B949E1

square

#E16D49 #71E149 #49BDE1 #B949E1

split-complementary

#E16D49 #49E1B9 #4971E1

monochromatic

#973719 #CB4A22 #E16D49 #EA977E #F2C1B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#E16D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#E16D49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16D49

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16D49	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7F45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65665

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 109, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.154 37.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1997d',
    500: '#e16d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16d49;
$custom-light: #f1997d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.211,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6658,
    "c": 0.15366,
    "h": 37.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16D49

secondary

#A5D3E1

accent

#C4EE39

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2EE

border

#D7CCC9

text

#180E0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16D49

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

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