#EE5950#EE5950

#EE5950 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.186 H 26.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE5950
RGB	rgb(238, 89, 80)
HSL	hsl(3, 82%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(3, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.6%, 66.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.95, 56.84, 35.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.95, 67.21, 32.26°)
OKLab	oklab(65.93% 0.1656 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(65.93% 0.186 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.2843, 25.9066, 10.4671)
Luminance	0.2590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE5950 #50E5EE

analogous

#EE5096 #EE5950 #EEA850

triadic

#EE5950 #50EE59 #5950EE

tetradic

#EE5950 #96EE50 #50E5EE #A850EE

square

#EE5950 #96EE50 #50E5EE #A850EE

split-complementary

#EE5950 #50EEA8 #5096EE

monochromatic

#B21A11 #E92418 #EE5950 #F38E88 #F9C3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#EE5950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#EE5950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EE5950

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE5950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE5950	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81774E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6974C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3758

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee5950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 89, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.186 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fb8e81',
    500: '#ee5950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee5950;
$custom-light: #fb8e81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee5950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.418,
    "s": 82.292,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65927,
    "c": 0.18559,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE5950

secondary

#B0E6EA

accent

#D2DF07

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190D0A

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE5950

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

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