#E16E50#E16E50

#E16E50 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.151 H 35.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16E50
RGB	rgb(225, 110, 80)
HSL	hsl(12, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(12, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 64.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.66, 42.49, 37.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.66, 56.65, 41.41°)
OKLab	oklab(66.83% 0.1223 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(66.83% 0.151 35.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.0786, 27.7431, 10.9376)
Luminance	0.2774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16E50 #50C3E1

analogous

#E1507A #E16E50 #E1B750

triadic

#E16E50 #50E16E #6E50E1

tetradic

#E16E50 #7AE150 #50C3E1 #B750E1

square

#E16E50 #7AE150 #50C3E1 #B750E1

split-complementary

#E16E50 #50E1B7 #507AE1

monochromatic

#9C351B #D04724 #E16E50 #EA9984 #F3C5B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#E16E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#E16E50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16E50

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16E50	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C804D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8994E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65867

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 110, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.151 35.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09a82',
    500: '#e16e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16e50;
$custom-light: #f09a82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.414,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66826,
    "c": 0.15051,
    "h": 35.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16E50

secondary

#AAD7E2

accent

#C8ED3A

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16E50

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

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