#EE494D#EE494D

#EE494D is a light, highly saturated red. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.201 H 23.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE494D
RGB	rgb(238, 73, 77)
HSL	hsl(359, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(359, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.3%, 67.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.57, 63.02, 34.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.57, 71.94, 28.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.13% 0.1845 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(64.13% 0.201 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9862, 23.4838, 9.4997)
Luminance	0.2348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE494D #49EEEA

analogous

#EE49A0 #EE494D #EE9749

triadic

#EE494D #4DEE49 #494DEE

tetradic

#EE494D #A0EE49 #49EEEA #9749EE

square

#EE494D #A0EE49 #49EEEA #9749EE

split-complementary

#EE494D #49EE97 #49A0EE

monochromatic

#AC1014 #E4151A #EE494D #F38184 #F8B9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#EE494D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#EE494D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EE494D

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE494D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE494D	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776F4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF124C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee494d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 73, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.201 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fc867f',
    500: '#ee494d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee494d;
$custom-light: #fc867f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee494d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.545,
    "s": 82.915,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6413,
    "c": 0.20143,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE494D

secondary

#AAE9E7

accent

#DFDA06

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE494D

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

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