#EE5849#EE5849

#EE5849 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.188 H 28.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE5849
RGB	rgb(238, 88, 73)
HSL	hsl(5, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(5, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 69.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.70, 56.90, 39.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.70, 69.25, 34.75°)
OKLab	oklab(65.71% 0.1645 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(65.71% 0.188 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9564, 25.6432, 9.1477)
Luminance	0.2564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE5849 #49DFEE

analogous

#EE498C #EE5849 #EEAB49

triadic

#EE5849 #49EE58 #5849EE

tetradic

#EE5849 #8CEE49 #49DFEE #AB49EE

square

#EE5849 #8CEE49 #49DFEE #AB49EE

split-complementary

#EE5849 #49EEAB #498CEE

monochromatic

#AC1E10 #E42815 #EE5849 #F38B81 #F8BFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#EE5849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#EE5849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EE5849

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE5849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE5849	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)

#817646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3355

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee5849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 88, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.188 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fc8e7c',
    500: '#ee5849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee5849;
$custom-light: #fc8e7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee5849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.455,
    "s": 82.915,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65708,
    "c": 0.18777,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE5849

secondary

#AAE3E9

accent

#CCDF06

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE5849

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

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