#E16F53#E16F53

#E16F53 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.149 H 35.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16F53
RGB	rgb(225, 111, 83)
HSL	hsl(12, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(12, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.7%, 63.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.89, 42.18, 36.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.89, 55.53, 40.57°)
OKLab	oklab(67.02% 0.1218 0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(67.02% 0.149 35)
XYZ	xyz(38.3004, 28.0055, 11.5706)
Luminance	0.2800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16F53 #53C5E1

analogous

#E1537E #E16F53 #E1B653

triadic

#E16F53 #53E16F #6F53E1

tetradic

#E16F53 #7EE153 #53C5E1 #B653E1

square

#E16F53 #7EE153 #53C5E1 #B653E1

split-complementary

#E16F53 #53E1B6 #537EE1

monochromatic

#9E351C #D24725 #E16F53 #EA9B87 #F3C6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#E16F53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#E16F53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16F53

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16F53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16F53	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89A51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65A68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16f53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 111, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.149 35.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09b84',
    500: '#e16f53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16f53;
$custom-light: #f09b84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16f53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.831,
    "s": 70.297,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6702,
    "c": 0.14863,
    "h": 35
  },
  "luminance": 0.28001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16F53

secondary

#ADD8E3

accent

#ADD213

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16F53

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

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