#E16E52#E16E52

#E16E52 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.150 H 34.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16E52
RGB	rgb(225, 110, 82)
HSL	hsl(12, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(12, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 63.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.68, 42.62, 36.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.68, 56.05, 40.51°)
OKLab	oklab(66.86% 0.123 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(66.86% 0.15 34.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.1536, 27.7731, 11.3326)
Luminance	0.2777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16E52 #52C5E1

analogous

#E1527E #E16E52 #E1B552

triadic

#E16E52 #52E16E #6E52E1

tetradic

#E16E52 #7EE152 #52C5E1 #B552E1

square

#E16E52 #7EE152 #52C5E1 #B552E1

split-complementary

#E16E52 #52E1B5 #527EE1

monochromatic

#9D351B #D14624 #E16E52 #EA9A86 #F3C5BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#E16E52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#E16E52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16E52

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16E52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16E52	1.00	3.20	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.20	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)

#8C804F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89950

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65867

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16e52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 110, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.150 34.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09a83',
    500: '#e16e52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16e52;
$custom-light: #f09a83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16e52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.748,
    "s": 70.443,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66855,
    "c": 0.14989,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16E52

secondary

#ACD8E3

accent

#ADD213

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16E52

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

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