#E16E4B#E16E4B

#E16E4B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.152 H 37.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16E4B
RGB	rgb(225, 110, 75)
HSL	hsl(14, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(14, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 66.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.59, 42.20, 40.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.59, 58.21, 43.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.76% 0.1205 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(66.76% 0.152 37.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9007, 27.6720, 10.0006)
Luminance	0.2767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16E4B #4BBEE1

analogous

#E14B73 #E16E4B #E1B94B

triadic

#E16E4B #4BE16E #6E4BE1

tetradic

#E16E4B #73E14B #4BBEE1 #B94BE1

square

#E16E4B #73E14B #4BBEE1 #B94BE1

split-complementary

#E16E4B #4BE1B9 #4B73E1

monochromatic

#983719 #CD4A22 #E16E4B #EA987F #F2C3B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#E16E4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#E16E4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16E4B

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16E4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16E4B	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)

#8D8047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65866

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16e4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 110, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.152 37.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f19a7e',
    500: '#e16e4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16e4b;
$custom-light: #f19a7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16e4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66756,
    "c": 0.15211,
    "h": 37.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16E4B

secondary

#A6D4E1

accent

#C4EE3A

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2EE

border

#D7CCC9

text

#180E0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16E4B

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

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