#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
RGB	rgb(238, 85, 87)
HSL	hsl(359, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(359, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.3%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.43, 58.90, 31.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.43, 66.69, 27.96°)
OKLab	oklab(65.57% 0.1734 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(65.57% 0.189 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.2327, 25.3678, 11.7929)
Luminance	0.2536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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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
##EE5557	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)

#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

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

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