#EE4F42#EE4F42

#EE4F42 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.197 H 28.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE4F42
RGB	rgb(238, 79, 66)
HSL	hsl(5, 83%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(5, 72%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.8%, 72.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.26, 60.24, 41.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.26, 73.23, 34.66°)
OKLab	oklab(64.6% 0.1736 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(64.6% 0.197 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.0435, 24.1682, 7.7622)
Luminance	0.2416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE4F42 #42E1EE

analogous

#EE428B #EE4F42 #EEA542

triadic

#EE4F42 #42EE4F #4F42EE

tetradic

#EE4F42 #8BEE42 #42E1EE #A542EE

square

#EE4F42 #8BEE42 #42E1EE #A542EE

split-complementary

#EE4F42 #42EEA5 #428BEE

monochromatic

#A71A0F #DF2314 #EE4F42 #F3837A #F8B8B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#EE4F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#EE4F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EE4F42

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE4F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE4F42	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C713F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF1F4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee4f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 79, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.197 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fc8977',
    500: '#ee4f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee4f42;
$custom-light: #fc8977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee4f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.535,
    "s": 83.495,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64599,
    "c": 0.19741,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE4F42

secondary

#A5E2E7

accent

#EAFA2E

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE4F42

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

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