#E16D53#E16D53

#E16D53 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.151 H 34.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16D53
RGB	rgb(225, 109, 83)
HSL	hsl(11, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(11, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 63.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.50, 43.18, 35.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.50, 55.99, 39.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.72% 0.1249 0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(66.72% 0.151 34)
XYZ	xyz(38.0847, 27.5739, 11.4987)
Luminance	0.2757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16D53 #53C7E1

analogous

#E15380 #E16D53 #E1B453

triadic

#E16D53 #53E16D #6D53E1

tetradic

#E16D53 #80E153 #53C7E1 #B453E1

square

#E16D53 #80E153 #53C7E1 #B453E1

split-complementary

#E16D53 #53E1B4 #5380E1

monochromatic

#9E331C #D24425 #E16D53 #EA9987 #F3C5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#E16D53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#E16D53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16D53

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16D53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16D53	1.00	3.22	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.22	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)

#8B8050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65767

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16d53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 109, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.151 34.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09984',
    500: '#e16d53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16d53;
$custom-light: #f09984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16d53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.986,
    "s": 70.297,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66722,
    "c": 0.15056,
    "h": 34
  },
  "luminance": 0.27569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16D53

secondary

#ADD9E3

accent

#AFD213

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16D53

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

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