#E16D4F#E16D4F

#E16D4F is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.152 H 35.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16D4F
RGB	rgb(225, 109, 79)
HSL	hsl(12, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(12, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 64.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.45, 42.93, 37.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.45, 57.17, 41.34°)
OKLab	oklab(66.66% 0.1234 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(66.66% 0.152 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9347, 27.5139, 10.7087)
Luminance	0.2751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16D4F #4FC3E1

analogous

#E14F7A #E16D4F #E1B64F

triadic

#E16D4F #4FE16D #6D4FE1

tetradic

#E16D4F #7AE14F #4FC3E1 #B64FE1

square

#E16D4F #7AE14F #4FC3E1 #B64FE1

split-complementary

#E16D4F #4FE1B6 #4F7AE1

monochromatic

#9B351A #CF4723 #E16D4F #EA9883 #F3C4B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#E16D4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#E16D4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16D4F

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16D4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16D4F	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)

#8B804C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8994D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65766

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16d4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 109, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.152 35.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f19981',
    500: '#e16d4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16d4f;
$custom-light: #f19981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16d4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.329,
    "s": 70.874,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66663,
    "c": 0.15176,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16D4F

secondary

#AAD7E2

accent

#C9EE3A

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2EE

border

#D7CCC9

text

#180E0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16D4F

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

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