#EE5555#EE5555

#EE5555 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.189 H 23.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE5555
RGB	rgb(238, 85, 85)
HSL	hsl(0, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(0, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.3%, 64.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.40, 58.79, 32.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.40, 67.11, 28.84°)
OKLab	oklab(65.54% 0.1727 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(65.54% 0.189 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.1521, 25.3356, 11.3685)
Luminance	0.2533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE5555 #55EEEE

analogous

#EE55A1 #EE5555 #EEA155

triadic

#EE5555 #55EE55 #5555EE

tetradic

#EE5555 #A1EE55 #55EEEE #A155EE

square

#EE5555 #A1EE55 #55EEEE #A155EE

split-complementary

#EE5555 #55EEA1 #55A1EE

monochromatic

#B61212 #E81D1D #EE5555 #F48D8D #F9C4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#EE5555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#EE5555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EE5555

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE5555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE5555	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49651

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee5555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 85, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.189 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fb8c85',
    500: '#ee5555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee5555;
$custom-light: #fb8c85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee5555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6554,
    "c": 0.18892,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE5555

secondary

#B4EBEB

accent

#DEDE07

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190D0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE5555

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

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