#EE5557#EE5557

#EE5557 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.189 H 23.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#EE5557
RGBrgb(238, 85, 87)
HSLhsl(359, 82%, 63%)
HSVhsv(359, 64%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 64.3%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LABlab(57.43, 58.90, 31.27)
CIE-LCHlch(57.43, 66.69, 27.96°)
OKLaboklab(65.57% 0.1734 0.0744)
OKLCHoklch(65.57% 0.189 23.2)
XYZxyz(40.2327, 25.3678, 11.7929)
Luminance0.2536 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#EE5557 #55EEEC
analogous
#EE55A3 #EE5557 #EE9F55
triadic
#EE5557 #57EE55 #5557EE
tetradic
#EE5557 #A3EE55 #55EEEC #9F55EE
square
#EE5557 #A3EE55 #55EEEC #9F55EE
split-complementary
#EE5557 #55EE9F #55A3EE
monochromatic
#B61214 #E81D20 #EE5557 #F48D8E #F9C4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46
#EE5557 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07
#EE5557 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EE5557
6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##EE5557#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##EE55571.003.466.076.07
#FFFFFF3.461.0021.0021.00
#0000006.0721.001.001.00
##0000006.0721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7D7556
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A49653
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF3257
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ee5557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 85, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.189 23.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fb8c86',
    500: '#ee5557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ee5557;
$custom-light: #fb8c86;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ee5557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.216,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65573,
    "c": 0.18869,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#EE5557
secondary
#B4EBEA
accent
#DEDB07
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF1EF
border
#D7CBCA
text
#190D0B
muted
#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE5557

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#EE5557 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva