#EE5856#EE5856

#EE5856 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.186 H 24.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE5856
RGB	rgb(238, 88, 86)
HSL	hsl(1, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(1, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.88, 57.60, 32.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.88, 66.09, 29.36°)
OKLab	oklab(65.9% 0.1691 0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(65.9% 0.186 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.4333, 25.8340, 11.6596)
Luminance	0.2583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE5856 #56ECEE

analogous

#EE56A0 #EE5856 #EEA456

triadic

#EE5856 #56EE58 #5856EE

tetradic

#EE5856 #A0EE56 #56ECEE #A456EE

square

#EE5856 #A0EE56 #56ECEE #A456EE

split-complementary

#EE5856 #56EEA4 #56A0EE

monochromatic

#B71512 #E8211E #EE5856 #F48F8E #F9C6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#EE5856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#EE5856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EE5856

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE5856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE5856	1.00	3.41	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7755

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3659

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee5856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 88, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.186 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fb8e85',
    500: '#ee5856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee5856;
$custom-light: #fb8e85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee5856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.789,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65904,
    "c": 0.18575,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE5856

secondary

#B5EAEB

accent

#DBDE07

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190D0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE5856

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

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