#E16E49#E16E49

#E16E49 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.153 H 38.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16E49
RGB	rgb(225, 110, 73)
HSL	hsl(15, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(15, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 67.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.57, 42.08, 41.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.57, 58.85, 44.34°)
OKLab	oklab(66.73% 0.1198 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(66.73% 0.153 38.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.8333, 27.6450, 9.6457)
Luminance	0.2764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16E49 #49BCE1

analogous

#E14970 #E16E49 #E1BA49

triadic

#E16E49 #49E16E #6E49E1

tetradic

#E16E49 #70E149 #49BCE1 #BA49E1

square

#E16E49 #70E149 #49BCE1 #BA49E1

split-complementary

#E16E49 #49E1BA #4970E1

monochromatic

#973719 #CB4B22 #E16E49 #EA987E #F2C2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#E16E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#E16E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16E49

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16E49	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)

#8D8045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65766

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 110, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.153 38.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f19a7d',
    500: '#e16e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16e49;
$custom-light: #f19a7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.605,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66729,
    "c": 0.15277,
    "h": 38.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16E49

secondary

#A5D2E1

accent

#C2EE39

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2EE

border

#D7CCC9

text

#180E0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16E49

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

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