#E16D51#E16D51

#E16D51 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.151 H 34.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16D51
RGB	rgb(225, 109, 81)
HSL	hsl(12, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(12, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 64%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.47, 43.05, 36.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.47, 56.57, 40.45°)
OKLab	oklab(66.69% 0.1242 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(66.69% 0.151 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.0085, 27.5435, 11.0978)
Luminance	0.2754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16D51 #51C5E1

analogous

#E1517D #E16D51 #E1B551

triadic

#E16D51 #51E16D #6D51E1

tetradic

#E16D51 #7DE151 #51C5E1 #B551E1

square

#E16D51 #7DE151 #51C5E1 #B551E1

split-complementary

#E16D51 #51E1B5 #517DE1

monochromatic

#9D341B #D14624 #E16D51 #EA9985 #F3C5B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#E16D51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#E16D51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16D51

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16D51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16D51	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B804E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8994F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65767

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16d51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 109, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.151 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09982',
    500: '#e16d51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16d51;
$custom-light: #f09982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16d51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.667,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66692,
    "c": 0.15116,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16D51

secondary

#ABD8E3

accent

#CBED3A

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16D51

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

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