#EE5A56#EE5A56

#EE5A56 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.184 H 25.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE5A56
RGB	rgb(238, 90, 86)
HSL	hsl(2, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(2, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.20, 56.75, 32.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.20, 65.55, 30.02°)
OKLab	oklab(66.14% 0.1664 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(66.14% 0.184 25)
XYZ	xyz(40.5998, 26.1669, 11.7151)
Luminance	0.2616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE5A56 #56EAEE

analogous

#EE569E #EE5A56 #EEA656

triadic

#EE5A56 #56EE5A #5A56EE

tetradic

#EE5A56 #9EEE56 #56EAEE #A656EE

square

#EE5A56 #9EEE56 #56EAEE #A656EE

split-complementary

#EE5A56 #56EEA6 #569EEE

monochromatic

#B71712 #E8241E #EE5A56 #F4908E #F9C7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#EE5A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#EE5A56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EE5A56

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE5A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE5A56	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)

#817854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3A5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee5a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 90, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.184 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fb8f86',
    500: '#ee5a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee5a56;
$custom-light: #fb8f86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee5a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.579,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66141,
    "c": 0.18369,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.26161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE5A56

secondary

#B5E9EB

accent

#D8DE07

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190D0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE5A56

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

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