#E16E4C#E16E4C

#E16E4C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.152 H 37.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16E4C
RGB	rgb(225, 110, 76)
HSL	hsl(14, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(14, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 66.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.60, 42.25, 39.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.60, 57.89, 43.12°)
OKLab	oklab(66.77% 0.1208 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(66.77% 0.152 37.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.9352, 27.6858, 10.1823)
Luminance	0.2768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16E4C #4CBFE1

analogous

#E14C75 #E16E4C #E1B94C

triadic

#E16E4C #4CE16E #6E4CE1

tetradic

#E16E4C #75E14C #4CBFE1 #B94CE1

square

#E16E4C #75E14C #4CBFE1 #B94CE1

split-complementary

#E16E4C #4CE1B9 #4C75E1

monochromatic

#99371A #CD4922 #E16E4C #EA9880 #F3C3B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#E16E4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#E16E4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16E4C

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16E4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16E4C	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9994A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65866

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16e4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 110, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.152 37.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f19a7f',
    500: '#e16e4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16e4c;
$custom-light: #f19a7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16e4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.691,
    "s": 71.292,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66769,
    "c": 0.15179,
    "h": 37.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16E4C

secondary

#A7D4E2

accent

#C5EE3A

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2EE

border

#D7CCC9

text

#180E0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16E4C

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

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