#EE4242#EE4242

#EE4242 is a light, highly saturated red. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.209 H 25.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE4242
RGB	rgb(238, 66, 66)
HSL	hsl(0, 83%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(0, 72%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.3%, 72.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.53, 64.99, 39.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.53, 76.15, 31.41°)
OKLab	oklab(63.31% 0.1885 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(63.31% 0.209 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.1958, 22.4728, 7.4797)
Luminance	0.2247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE4242 #42EEEE

analogous

#EE4298 #EE4242 #EE9842

triadic

#EE4242 #42EE42 #4242EE

tetradic

#EE4242 #98EE42 #42EEEE #9842EE

square

#EE4242 #98EE42 #42EEEE #9842EE

split-complementary

#EE4242 #42EE98 #4298EE

monochromatic

#A70F0F #DF1414 #EE4242 #F37A7A #F8B2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#EE4242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#EE4242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EE4242

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE4242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE4242	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756B40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F903C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF0044

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee4242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 66, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.209 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fd8277',
    500: '#ee4242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee4242;
$custom-light: #fd8277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee4242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 83.495,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63305,
    "c": 0.2088,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE4242

secondary

#A5E7E7

accent

#FAFA2E

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#1A0B08

muted

#877C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE4242

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

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