#EE5949#EE5949

#EE5949 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.187 H 29.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE5949
RGB	rgb(238, 89, 73)
HSL	hsl(6, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(6, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.6%, 69.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.85, 56.48, 39.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.85, 69.01, 35.07°)
OKLab	oklab(65.83% 0.1631 0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(65.83% 0.187 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.0390, 25.8085, 9.1752)
Luminance	0.2580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE5949 #49DEEE

analogous

#EE498B #EE5949 #EEAB49

triadic

#EE5949 #49EE59 #5949EE

tetradic

#EE5949 #8BEE49 #49DEEE #AB49EE

square

#EE5949 #8BEE49 #49DEEE #AB49EE

split-complementary

#EE5949 #49EEAB #498BEE

monochromatic

#AC1F10 #E42915 #EE5949 #F38C81 #F8BFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#EE5949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#EE5949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EE5949

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE5949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE5949	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)

#827746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3556

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee5949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 89, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.187 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fc8e7c',
    500: '#ee5949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee5949;
$custom-light: #fc8e7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee5949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.818,
    "s": 82.915,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65827,
    "c": 0.18681,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE5949

secondary

#AAE2E9

accent

#CADF06

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE5949

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

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