#E16F55#E16F55

#E16F55 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.148 H 34.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16F55
RGB	rgb(225, 111, 85)
HSL	hsl(11, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(11, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.7%, 62.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.92, 42.31, 35.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.92, 54.95, 39.64°)
OKLab	oklab(67.05% 0.1226 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(67.05% 0.148 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.3788, 28.0368, 11.9831)
Luminance	0.2803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16F55 #55C7E1

analogous

#E15581 #E16F55 #E1B555

triadic

#E16F55 #55E16F #6F55E1

tetradic

#E16F55 #81E155 #55C7E1 #B555E1

square

#E16F55 #81E155 #55C7E1 #B555E1

split-complementary

#E16F55 #55E1B5 #5581E1

monochromatic

#9F351C #D34625 #E16F55 #EA9B89 #F3C7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#E16F55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#E16F55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16F55

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16F55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16F55	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8152

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89A53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F55A69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16f55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 111, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.148 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09b85',
    500: '#e16f55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16f55;
$custom-light: #f09b85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16f55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.143,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67051,
    "c": 0.14802,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16F55

secondary

#AEDAE3

accent

#AFD214

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16F55

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

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