#E16D61#E16D61

#E16D61 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.147 H 27.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16D61
RGB	rgb(225, 109, 97)
HSL	hsl(6, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(6, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 56.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.72, 44.15, 28.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.72, 52.33, 32.47°)
OKLab	oklab(66.96% 0.1302 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(66.96% 0.147 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.6808, 27.8124, 14.6383)
Luminance	0.2781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16D61 #61D5E1

analogous

#E16195 #E16D61 #E1AD61

triadic

#E16D61 #61E16D #6D61E1

tetradic

#E16D61 #95E161 #61D5E1 #AD61E1

square

#E16D61 #95E161 #61D5E1 #AD61E1

split-complementary

#E16D61 #61E1AD #6195E1

monochromatic

#A82D20 #D73D2E #E16D61 #EB9D94 #F5CCC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#E16D61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#E16D61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16D61

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16D61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16D61	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89815F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6995F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5596B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16d61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 109, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.147 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09a8e',
    500: '#e16d61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16d61;
$custom-light: #f09a8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16d61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.625,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66957,
    "c": 0.14703,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16D61

secondary

#B8E2E6

accent

#BFD015

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180E0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16D61

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

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