#E16D4E#E16D4E

#E16D4E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.152 H 36.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16D4E
RGB	rgb(225, 109, 78)
HSL	hsl(13, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(13, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 65.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.43, 42.87, 38.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.43, 57.48, 41.77°)
OKLab	oklab(66.65% 0.1231 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(66.65% 0.152 36)
XYZ	xyz(37.8985, 27.4995, 10.5184)
Luminance	0.2750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16D4E #4EC2E1

analogous

#E14E79 #E16D4E #E1B74E

triadic

#E16D4E #4EE16D #6D4EE1

tetradic

#E16D4E #79E14E #4EC2E1 #B74EE1

square

#E16D4E #79E14E #4EC2E1 #B74EE1

split-complementary

#E16D4E #4EE1B7 #4E79E1

monochromatic

#9A351A #CF4723 #E16D4E #EA9882 #F3C3B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#E16D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#E16D4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16D4E

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16D4E	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7F4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8994C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65766

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 109, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.152 36.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f19980',
    500: '#e16d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16d4e;
$custom-light: #f19980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.653,
    "s": 71.014,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66648,
    "c": 0.15207,
    "h": 36
  },
  "luminance": 0.27495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16D4E

secondary

#A9D6E2

accent

#C8EE3A

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2EE

border

#D7CCC9

text

#180E0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16D4E

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

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