#EE5559#EE5559

#EE5559 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.189 H 22.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE5559
RGB	rgb(238, 85, 89)
HSL	hsl(358, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(358, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.3%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.46, 59.02, 30.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.46, 66.28, 27.07°)
OKLab	oklab(65.61% 0.1742 0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(65.61% 0.189 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.3155, 25.4010, 12.2292)
Luminance	0.2540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE5559 #55EEEA

analogous

#EE55A6 #EE5559 #EE9D55

triadic

#EE5559 #59EE55 #5559EE

tetradic

#EE5559 #A6EE55 #55EEEA #9D55EE

square

#EE5559 #A6EE55 #55EEEA #9D55EE

split-complementary

#EE5559 #55EE9D #55A6EE

monochromatic

#B61217 #E81D23 #EE5559 #F48D8F #F9C4C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#EE5559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#EE5559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EE5559

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE5559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE5559	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7558

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee5559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 85, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.189 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fb8c88',
    500: '#ee5559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee5559;
$custom-light: #fb8c88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee5559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.431,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65607,
    "c": 0.1885,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE5559

secondary

#B4EBE9

accent

#DED907

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190D0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE5559

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

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