#E16D59#E16D59

#E16D59 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.149 H 31.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16D59
RGB	rgb(225, 109, 89)
HSL	hsl(9, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(9, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.59, 43.58, 32.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.59, 54.32, 36.65°)
OKLab	oklab(66.82% 0.1271 0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(66.82% 0.149 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.3264, 27.6706, 12.7719)
Luminance	0.2767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16D59 #59CDE1

analogous

#E15989 #E16D59 #E1B159

triadic

#E16D59 #59E16D #6D59E1

tetradic

#E16D59 #89E159 #59CDE1 #B159E1

square

#E16D59 #89E159 #59CDE1 #B159E1

split-complementary

#E16D59 #59E1B1 #5989E1

monochromatic

#A2311D #D64027 #E16D59 #EA9B8D #F4C8C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#E16D59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#E16D59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16D59

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16D59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16D59	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	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)

#8A8057

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F55868

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 109, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.149 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09988',
    500: '#e16d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16d59;
$custom-light: #f09988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.824,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66817,
    "c": 0.14891,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16D59

secondary

#B2DDE4

accent

#B6D114

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16D59

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

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