#E16D4B#E16D4B

#E16D4B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.153 H 37.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16D4B
RGB	rgb(225, 109, 75)
HSL	hsl(14, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(14, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 66.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.40, 42.69, 39.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.40, 58.41, 43.04°)
OKLab	oklab(66.61% 0.122 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(66.61% 0.153 37.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7934, 27.4574, 9.9648)
Luminance	0.2745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16D4B #4BBFE1

analogous

#E14B74 #E16D4B #E1B84B

triadic

#E16D4B #4BE16D #6D4BE1

tetradic

#E16D4B #74E14B #4BBFE1 #B84BE1

square

#E16D4B #74E14B #4BBFE1 #B84BE1

split-complementary

#E16D4B #4BE1B8 #4B74E1

monochromatic

#983619 #CD4922 #E16D4B #EA987F #F2C2B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#E16D4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#E16D4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16D4B

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16D4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16D4B	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)

#8C7F47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65665

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16d4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 109, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.153 37.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1997e',
    500: '#e16d4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16d4b;
$custom-light: #f1997e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16d4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.6,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66607,
    "c": 0.15301,
    "h": 37.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16D4B

secondary

#A6D4E1

accent

#C5EE3A

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2EE

border

#D7CCC9

text

#180E0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16D4B

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

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