#EE5956#EE5956

#EE5956 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.185 H 24.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE5956
RGB	rgb(238, 89, 86)
HSL	hsl(1, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(1, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.6%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.04, 57.18, 32.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.04, 65.82, 29.69°)
OKLab	oklab(66.02% 0.1678 0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(66.02% 0.185 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.5160, 25.9993, 11.6872)
Luminance	0.2599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE5956 #56EBEE

analogous

#EE569F #EE5956 #EEA556

triadic

#EE5956 #56EE59 #5956EE

tetradic

#EE5956 #9FEE56 #56EBEE #A556EE

square

#EE5956 #9FEE56 #56EBEE #A556EE

split-complementary

#EE5956 #56EEA5 #569FEE

monochromatic

#B71612 #E8221E #EE5956 #F4908E #F9C6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#EE5956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#EE5956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EE5956

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE5956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE5956	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)

#807755

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF385A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee5956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 89, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.185 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fb8e85',
    500: '#ee5956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee5956;
$custom-light: #fb8e85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee5956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.184,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66022,
    "c": 0.18472,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE5956

secondary

#B5EAEB

accent

#DADE07

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190D0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE5956

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

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