#E16E56#E16E56

#E16E56 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.149 H 33.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16E56
RGB	rgb(225, 110, 86)
HSL	hsl(10, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(10, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 61.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.74, 42.88, 34.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.74, 54.89, 38.64°)
OKLab	oklab(66.92% 0.1245 0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(66.92% 0.149 33.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3103, 27.8358, 12.1577)
Luminance	0.2783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16E56 #56C9E1

analogous

#E15683 #E16E56 #E1B356

triadic

#E16E56 #56E16E #6E56E1

tetradic

#E16E56 #83E156 #56C9E1 #B356E1

square

#E16E56 #83E156 #56C9E1 #B356E1

split-complementary

#E16E56 #56E1B3 #5683E1

monochromatic

#A0331C #D44426 #E16E56 #EA9B8A #F3C7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#E16E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#E16E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16E56

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16E56	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F55968

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 110, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.149 33.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09a86',
    500: '#e16e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16e56;
$custom-light: #f09a86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.36,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66917,
    "c": 0.14872,
    "h": 33.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16E56

secondary

#AFDBE4

accent

#B1D214

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16E56

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

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