#E16E57#E16E57

#E16E57 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.148 H 32.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16E57
RGB	rgb(225, 110, 87)
HSL	hsl(10, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(10, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 61.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.75, 42.94, 33.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.75, 54.61, 38.16°)
OKLab	oklab(66.93% 0.1248 0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(66.93% 0.148 32.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.3508, 27.8520, 12.3714)
Luminance	0.2785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16E57 #57CAE1

analogous

#E15785 #E16E57 #E1B357

triadic

#E16E57 #57E16E #6E57E1

tetradic

#E16E57 #85E157 #57CAE1 #B357E1

square

#E16E57 #85E157 #57CAE1 #B357E1

split-complementary

#E16E57 #57E1B3 #5785E1

monochromatic

#A1331D #D54326 #E16E57 #EA9B8B #F4C8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#E16E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#E16E57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16E57

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16E57	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)

#8B8155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F55969

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 110, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.148 32.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09a87',
    500: '#e16e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16e57;
$custom-light: #f09a87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66933,
    "c": 0.14843,
    "h": 32.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16E57

secondary

#B0DBE4

accent

#B2D214

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16E57

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

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