#E16D57#E16D57

#E16D57 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.149 H 32.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16D57
RGB	rgb(225, 109, 87)
HSL	hsl(10, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(10, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 61.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.56, 43.44, 33.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.56, 54.86, 37.64°)
OKLab	oklab(66.79% 0.1264 0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(66.79% 0.149 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.2436, 27.6375, 12.3356)
Luminance	0.2763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16D57 #57CBE1

analogous

#E15786 #E16D57 #E1B257

triadic

#E16D57 #57E16D #6D57E1

tetradic

#E16D57 #86E157 #57CBE1 #B257E1

square

#E16D57 #86E157 #57CBE1 #B257E1

split-complementary

#E16D57 #57E1B2 #5786E1

monochromatic

#A1321D #D54226 #E16D57 #EA9A8B #F4C7BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#E16D57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#E16D57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16D57

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16D57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16D57	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F55868

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16d57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 109, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.149 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09987',
    500: '#e16d57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16d57;
$custom-light: #f09987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16d57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.565,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66785,
    "c": 0.14944,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16D57

secondary

#B0DCE4

accent

#B3D214

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16D57

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

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