#EE5A55#EE5A55

#EE5A55 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.184 H 25.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE5A55
RGB	rgb(238, 90, 85)
HSL	hsl(2, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(2, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 64.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.18, 56.69, 33.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.18, 65.77, 30.46°)
OKLab	oklab(66.13% 0.1661 0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(66.13% 0.184 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.5598, 26.1509, 11.5044)
Luminance	0.2615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE5A55 #55E9EE

analogous

#EE559C #EE5A55 #EEA655

triadic

#EE5A55 #55EE5A #5A55EE

tetradic

#EE5A55 #9CEE55 #55E9EE #A655EE

square

#EE5A55 #9CEE55 #55E9EE #A655EE

split-complementary

#EE5A55 #55EEA6 #559CEE

monochromatic

#B61812 #E8241D #EE5A55 #F4908D #F9C6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#EE5A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#EE5A55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EE5A55

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE5A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE5A55	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF395A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee5a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 90, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.184 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fb8f85',
    500: '#ee5a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee5a55;
$custom-light: #fb8f85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee5a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.961,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66125,
    "c": 0.18383,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE5A55

secondary

#B4E9EB

accent

#D7DE07

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190D0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE5A55

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

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