#E16D56#E16D56

#E16D56 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.150 H 32.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16D56
RGB	rgb(225, 109, 86)
HSL	hsl(10, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(10, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 61.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.55, 43.37, 34.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.55, 55.13, 38.12°)
OKLab	oklab(66.77% 0.126 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(66.77% 0.15 32.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.2030, 27.6212, 12.1219)
Luminance	0.2762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16D56 #56CAE1

analogous

#E15684 #E16D56 #E1B256

triadic

#E16D56 #56E16D #6D56E1

tetradic

#E16D56 #84E156 #56CAE1 #B256E1

square

#E16D56 #84E156 #56CAE1 #B256E1

split-complementary

#E16D56 #56E1B2 #5684E1

monochromatic

#A0321C #D44326 #E16D56 #EA9A8A #F3C7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#E16D56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#E16D56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16D56

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16D56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16D56	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8054

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F55868

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16d56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 109, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.150 32.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09986',
    500: '#e16d56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16d56;
$custom-light: #f09986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16d56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.928,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66769,
    "c": 0.14971,
    "h": 32.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16D56

secondary

#AFDBE4

accent

#B2D214

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16D56

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

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