#EE5550#EE5550

#EE5550 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.190 H 25.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE5550
RGB	rgb(238, 85, 80)
HSL	hsl(2, 82%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(2, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.3%, 66.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.33, 58.51, 35.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.33, 68.24, 30.98°)
OKLab	oklab(65.46% 0.1709 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(65.46% 0.19 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.9605, 25.2589, 10.3591)
Luminance	0.2525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE5550 #50E9EE

analogous

#EE509A #EE5550 #EEA450

triadic

#EE5550 #50EE55 #5550EE

tetradic

#EE5550 #9AEE50 #50E9EE #A450EE

square

#EE5550 #9AEE50 #50E9EE #A450EE

split-complementary

#EE5550 #50EEA4 #509AEE

monochromatic

#B21611 #E91F18 #EE5550 #F38B88 #F9C1C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#EE5550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#EE5550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EE5550

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE5550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE5550	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E754E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5964C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee5550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 85, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.190 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fb8c81',
    500: '#ee5550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee5550;
$custom-light: #fb8c81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee5550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.899,
    "s": 82.292,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6546,
    "c": 0.18957,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE5550

secondary

#B0E8EA

accent

#D8DF07

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190D0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE5550

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

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