#EE5A44#EE5A44

#EE5A44 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.187 H 31.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE5A44
RGB	rgb(238, 90, 68)
HSL	hsl(8, 83%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(8, 71%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 71.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.95, 55.81, 42.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.95, 70.14, 37.28°)
OKLab	oklab(65.88% 0.1601 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(65.88% 0.187 31)
XYZ	xyz(39.9637, 25.9124, 8.3649)
Luminance	0.2591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE5A44 #44D8EE

analogous

#EE4483 #EE5A44 #EEAF44

triadic

#EE5A44 #44EE5A #5A44EE

tetradic

#EE5A44 #83EE44 #44D8EE #AF44EE

square

#EE5A44 #83EE44 #44D8EE #AF44EE

split-complementary

#EE5A44 #44EEAF #4483EE

monochromatic

#A8230F #E02F14 #EE5A44 #F38C7C #F8BDB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#EE5A44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#EE5A44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EE5A44

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE5A44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE5A44	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)

#837741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7973F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3656

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee5a44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 90, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.187 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fc8f79',
    500: '#ee5a44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee5a44;
$custom-light: #fc8f79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee5a44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.765,
    "s": 83.333,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65882,
    "c": 0.18683,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.25907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE5A44

secondary

#A6DFE8

accent

#DFFA2E

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE5A44

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

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