#EE5566#EE5566

#EE5566 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.188 H 17.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE5566
RGB	rgb(238, 85, 102)
HSL	hsl(353, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(353, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.3%, 57.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.69, 59.87, 22.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.69, 64.12, 20.96°)
OKLab	oklab(65.85% 0.1791 0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(65.85% 0.188 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.9104, 25.6389, 15.3623)
Luminance	0.2563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE5566 #55EEDD

analogous

#EE55B3 #EE5566 #EE9055

triadic

#EE5566 #66EE55 #5566EE

tetradic

#EE5566 #B3EE55 #55EEDD #9055EE

square

#EE5566 #B3EE55 #55EEDD #9055EE

split-complementary

#EE5566 #55EE90 #55B3EE

monochromatic

#B61224 #E81D34 #EE5566 #F48D98 #F9C4CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#EE5566 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#EE5566 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EE5566

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE5566	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE5566	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7666

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF365C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee5566;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 85, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.188 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa8c91',
    500: '#ee5566',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee5566;
$custom-light: #fa8c91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee5566",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.333,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65853,
    "c": 0.18777,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE5566

secondary

#B4EBE5

accent

#DEC607

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#190D0C

muted

#877E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE5566

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

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