#EE5B56#EE5B56

#EE5B56 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.183 H 25.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE5B56
RGB	rgb(238, 91, 86)
HSL	hsl(2, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(2, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.8%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.36, 56.32, 33.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.36, 65.28, 30.36°)
OKLab	oklab(66.26% 0.1651 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(66.26% 0.183 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.6847, 26.3367, 11.7434)
Luminance	0.2633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE5B56 #56E9EE

analogous

#EE569D #EE5B56 #EEA756

triadic

#EE5B56 #56EE5B #5B56EE

tetradic

#EE5B56 #9DEE56 #56E9EE #A756EE

square

#EE5B56 #9DEE56 #56E9EE #A756EE

split-complementary

#EE5B56 #56EEA7 #569DEE

monochromatic

#B71812 #E8251E #EE5B56 #F4918E #F9C7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#EE5B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#EE5B56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EE5B56

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE5B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE5B56	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3B5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee5b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 91, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.183 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fb8f86',
    500: '#ee5b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee5b56;
$custom-light: #fb8f86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee5b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.974,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66261,
    "c": 0.18266,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE5B56

secondary

#B5E9EB

accent

#D7DE07

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190D0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE5B56

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

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