#EE5556#EE5556

#EE5556 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.189 H 23.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE5556
RGB	rgb(238, 85, 86)
HSL	hsl(360, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(360, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.3%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.42, 58.84, 31.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.42, 66.90, 28.41°)
OKLab	oklab(65.56% 0.1731 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(65.56% 0.189 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.1921, 25.3516, 11.5792)
Luminance	0.2535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE5556 #55EEED

analogous

#EE55A2 #EE5556 #EEA055

triadic

#EE5556 #56EE55 #5556EE

tetradic

#EE5556 #A2EE55 #55EEED #A055EE

square

#EE5556 #A2EE55 #55EEED #A055EE

split-complementary

#EE5556 #55EEA0 #55A2EE

monochromatic

#B61213 #E81D1F #EE5556 #F48D8D #F9C4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#EE5556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#EE5556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EE5556

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE5556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE5556	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)

#7D7555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49652

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee5556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 85, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.189 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fb8c85',
    500: '#ee5556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee5556;
$custom-light: #fb8c85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee5556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.608,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65556,
    "c": 0.18881,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE5556

secondary

#B4EBEA

accent

#DEDD07

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190D0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE5556

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

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