#EE5A49#EE5A49

#EE5A49 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.186 H 29.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE5A49
RGB	rgb(238, 90, 73)
HSL	hsl(6, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(6, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 69.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.01, 56.05, 39.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.01, 68.77, 35.40°)
OKLab	oklab(65.95% 0.1618 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(65.95% 0.186 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.1228, 25.9761, 9.2032)
Luminance	0.2597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE5A49 #49DDEE

analogous

#EE498A #EE5A49 #EEAC49

triadic

#EE5A49 #49EE5A #5A49EE

tetradic

#EE5A49 #8AEE49 #49DDEE #AC49EE

square

#EE5A49 #8AEE49 #49DDEE #AC49EE

split-complementary

#EE5A49 #49EEAC #498AEE

monochromatic

#AC2010 #E42B15 #EE5A49 #F38D81 #F8BFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#EE5A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#EE5A49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EE5A49

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE5A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE5A49	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3757

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee5a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 90, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.186 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fb8f7c',
    500: '#ee5a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee5a49;
$custom-light: #fb8f7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee5a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.182,
    "s": 82.915,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65947,
    "c": 0.18584,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE5A49

secondary

#AAE2E9

accent

#C9DF06

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE5A49

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

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