#E16D4A#E16D4A

#E16D4A is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.153 H 37.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16D4A
RGB	rgb(225, 109, 74)
HSL	hsl(14, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(14, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 67.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.38, 42.64, 40.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.38, 58.73, 43.44°)
OKLab	oklab(66.59% 0.1217 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(66.59% 0.153 37.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.7595, 27.4438, 9.7860)
Luminance	0.2744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16D4A #4ABEE1

analogous

#E14A72 #E16D4A #E1B84A

triadic

#E16D4A #4AE16D #6D4AE1

tetradic

#E16D4A #72E14A #4ABEE1 #B84AE1

square

#E16D4A #72E14A #4ABEE1 #B84AE1

split-complementary

#E16D4A #4AE1B8 #4A72E1

monochromatic

#973619 #CC4922 #E16D4A #EA977E #F2C2B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#E16D4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#E16D4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16D4A

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16D4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16D4A	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)

#8C7F46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65665

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16d4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 109, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.153 37.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1997d',
    500: '#e16d4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16d4a;
$custom-light: #f1997d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16d4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.907,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66593,
    "c": 0.15334,
    "h": 37.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16D4A

secondary

#A6D3E1

accent

#C4EE39

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2EE

border

#D7CCC9

text

#180E0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16D4A

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

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