#E16E48#E16E48

#E16E48 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.153 H 38.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16E48
RGB	rgb(225, 110, 72)
HSL	hsl(15, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(15, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 68%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.55, 42.03, 41.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.55, 59.17, 44.74°)
OKLab	oklab(66.72% 0.1195 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(66.72% 0.153 38.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.8004, 27.6319, 9.4725)
Luminance	0.2763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16E48 #48BBE1

analogous

#E1486E #E16E48 #E1BA48

triadic

#E16E48 #48E16E #6E48E1

tetradic

#E16E48 #6EE148 #48BBE1 #BA48E1

square

#E16E48 #6EE148 #48BBE1 #BA48E1

split-complementary

#E16E48 #48E1BA #486EE1

monochromatic

#963819 #CB4B21 #E16E48 #EA987D #F2C1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#E16E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#E16E48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16E48

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16E48	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)

#8D8044

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65765

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 110, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.153 38.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f19a7c',
    500: '#e16e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16e48;
$custom-light: #f19a7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.902,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66716,
    "c": 0.1531,
    "h": 38.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16E48

secondary

#A4D2E1

accent

#C2EF39

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2EE

border

#D7CCC9

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16E48

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