#E16E51#E16E51

#E16E51 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.150 H 35.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16E51
RGB	rgb(225, 110, 81)
HSL	hsl(12, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(12, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 64%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.67, 42.55, 36.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.67, 56.35, 40.96°)
OKLab	oklab(66.84% 0.1226 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(66.84% 0.15 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.1158, 27.7580, 11.1336)
Luminance	0.2775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16E51 #51C4E1

analogous

#E1517C #E16E51 #E1B651

triadic

#E16E51 #51E16E #6E51E1

tetradic

#E16E51 #7CE151 #51C4E1 #B651E1

square

#E16E51 #7CE151 #51C4E1 #B651E1

split-complementary

#E16E51 #51E1B6 #517CE1

monochromatic

#9D351B #D14724 #E16E51 #EA9985 #F3C5B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#E16E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#E16E51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16E51

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16E51	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)

#8C804E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8994F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65867

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 110, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.150 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09a82',
    500: '#e16e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16e51;
$custom-light: #f09a82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.083,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66841,
    "c": 0.1502,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16E51

secondary

#ABD7E3

accent

#C9ED3A

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16E51

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

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