#EE5955#EE5955

#EE5955 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.185 H 25.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE5955
RGB	rgb(238, 89, 85)
HSL	hsl(2, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(2, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.6%, 64.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.02, 57.12, 33.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.02, 66.04, 30.13°)
OKLab	oklab(66.01% 0.1674 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(66.01% 0.185 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.4760, 25.9833, 11.4765)
Luminance	0.2598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE5955 #55EAEE

analogous

#EE559D #EE5955 #EEA655

triadic

#EE5955 #55EE59 #5955EE

tetradic

#EE5955 #9DEE55 #55EAEE #A655EE

square

#EE5955 #9DEE55 #55EAEE #A655EE

split-complementary

#EE5955 #55EEA6 #559DEE

monochromatic

#B61712 #E8231D #EE5955 #F48F8D #F9C6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#EE5955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#EE5955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EE5955

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE5955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE5955	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807753

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3859

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee5955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 89, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.185 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fb8e85',
    500: '#ee5955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee5955;
$custom-light: #fb8e85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee5955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.569,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66005,
    "c": 0.18485,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE5955

secondary

#B4E9EB

accent

#D9DE07

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190D0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE5955

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

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