#EE5656#EE5656

#EE5656 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.188 H 23.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE5656
RGB	rgb(238, 86, 86)
HSL	hsl(0, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(0, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.9%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.57, 58.43, 32.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.57, 66.63, 28.72°)
OKLab	oklab(65.67% 0.1718 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(65.67% 0.188 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.2714, 25.5102, 11.6057)
Luminance	0.2550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE5656 #56EEEE

analogous

#EE56A2 #EE5656 #EEA256

triadic

#EE5656 #56EE56 #5656EE

tetradic

#EE5656 #A2EE56 #56EEEE #A256EE

square

#EE5656 #A2EE56 #56EEEE #A256EE

split-complementary

#EE5656 #56EEA2 #56A2EE

monochromatic

#B71212 #E81E1E #EE5656 #F48E8E #F9C5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#EE5656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#EE5656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EE5656

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE5656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE5656	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49652

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee5656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 86, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.188 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fb8d85',
    500: '#ee5656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee5656;
$custom-light: #fb8d85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee5656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65671,
    "c": 0.18779,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE5656

secondary

#B5EBEB

accent

#DEDE07

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190D0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE5656

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

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