#E16E55#E16E55

#E16E55 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.149 H 33.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16E55
RGB	rgb(225, 110, 85)
HSL	hsl(11, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(11, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 62.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.73, 42.81, 34.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.73, 55.18, 39.12°)
OKLab	oklab(66.9% 0.1241 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(66.9% 0.149 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.2703, 27.8198, 11.9470)
Luminance	0.2782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16E55 #55C8E1

analogous

#E15582 #E16E55 #E1B455

triadic

#E16E55 #55E16E #6E55E1

tetradic

#E16E55 #82E155 #55C8E1 #B455E1

square

#E16E55 #82E155 #55C8E1 #B455E1

split-complementary

#E16E55 #55E1B4 #5582E1

monochromatic

#9F341C #D34425 #E16E55 #EA9A89 #F3C7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#E16E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#E16E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16E55

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16E55	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8152

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F55968

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 110, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.149 33.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09a85',
    500: '#e16e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16e55;
$custom-light: #f09a85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.714,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66901,
    "c": 0.14901,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16E55

secondary

#AEDAE3

accent

#B0D214

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16E55

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

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