#EE5156#EE5156

#EE5156 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.193 H 22.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE5156
RGB	rgb(238, 81, 86)
HSL	hsl(358, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(358, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.82, 60.46, 31.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.82, 67.98, 27.21°)
OKLab	oklab(65.11% 0.1782 0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(65.11% 0.193 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.8861, 24.7395, 11.4772)
Luminance	0.2473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE5156 #51EEE9

analogous

#EE51A5 #EE5156 #EE9A51

triadic

#EE5156 #56EE51 #5156EE

tetradic

#EE5156 #A5EE51 #51EEE9 #9A51EE

square

#EE5156 #A5EE51 #51EEE9 #9A51EE

split-complementary

#EE5156 #51EE9A #51A5EE

monochromatic

#B31117 #E91920 #EE5156 #F3898C #F9C1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#EE5156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#EE5156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EE5156

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE5156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE5156	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7355

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF2A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee5156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 81, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.193 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fb8a85',
    500: '#ee5156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee5156;
$custom-light: #fb8a85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee5156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.089,
    "s": 82.199,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6511,
    "c": 0.19284,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE5156

secondary

#B1EAE8

accent

#DFD807

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190C0B

muted

#877D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE5156

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

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