#EE5B49#EE5B49

#EE5B49 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.185 H 29.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE5B49
RGB	rgb(238, 91, 73)
HSL	hsl(7, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(7, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.8%, 69.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.18, 55.62, 40.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.18, 68.53, 35.74°)
OKLab	oklab(66.07% 0.1605 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(66.07% 0.185 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.2077, 26.1459, 9.2315)
Luminance	0.2614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE5B49 #49DCEE

analogous

#EE4989 #EE5B49 #EEAD49

triadic

#EE5B49 #49EE5B #5B49EE

tetradic

#EE5B49 #89EE49 #49DCEE #AD49EE

square

#EE5B49 #89EE49 #49DCEE #AD49EE

split-complementary

#EE5B49 #49EEAD #4989EE

monochromatic

#AC2110 #E42C15 #EE5B49 #F38D81 #F8C0B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#EE5B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#EE5B49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EE5B49

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE5B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE5B49	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)

#837846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3858

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee5b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 91, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.185 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fb8f7c',
    500: '#ee5b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee5b49;
$custom-light: #fb8f7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee5b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.545,
    "s": 82.915,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66068,
    "c": 0.18488,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE5B49

secondary

#AAE2E9

accent

#C8DF06

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE5B49

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

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