#EE5855#EE5855

#EE5855 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.186 H 24.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE5855
RGB	rgb(238, 88, 85)
HSL	hsl(1, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(1, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 64.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.86, 57.54, 32.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.86, 66.31, 29.80°)
OKLab	oklab(65.89% 0.1688 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(65.89% 0.186 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.3933, 25.8180, 11.4489)
Luminance	0.2581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE5855 #55EBEE

analogous

#EE559F #EE5855 #EEA455

triadic

#EE5855 #55EE58 #5855EE

tetradic

#EE5855 #9FEE55 #55EBEE #A455EE

square

#EE5855 #9FEE55 #55EBEE #A455EE

split-complementary

#EE5855 #55EEA4 #559FEE

monochromatic

#B61512 #E8211D #EE5855 #F48F8D #F9C5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#EE5855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#EE5855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EE5855

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE5855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE5855	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807753

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3659

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee5855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 88, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.186 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fb8e85',
    500: '#ee5855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee5855;
$custom-light: #fb8e85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee5855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.176,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65887,
    "c": 0.18588,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE5855

secondary

#B4EAEB

accent

#DADE07

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190D0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE5855

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

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