#EE5C44#EE5C44

#EE5C44 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.185 H 31.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE5C44
RGB	rgb(238, 92, 68)
HSL	hsl(8, 83%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(8, 71%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.3%, 71.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.28, 54.95, 42.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.28, 69.68, 37.95°)
OKLab	oklab(66.13% 0.1574 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(66.13% 0.185 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.1346, 26.2544, 8.4219)
Luminance	0.2625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE5C44 #44D6EE

analogous

#EE4481 #EE5C44 #EEB144

triadic

#EE5C44 #44EE5C #5C44EE

tetradic

#EE5C44 #81EE44 #44D6EE #B144EE

square

#EE5C44 #81EE44 #44D6EE #B144EE

split-complementary

#EE5C44 #44EEB1 #4481EE

monochromatic

#A8250F #E03114 #EE5C44 #F38D7C #F8BEB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#EE5C44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#EE5C44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EE5C44

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE5C44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE5C44	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3957

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee5c44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 92, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.185 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fc9079',
    500: '#ee5c44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee5c44;
$custom-light: #fc9079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee5c44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.471,
    "s": 83.333,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66126,
    "c": 0.18494,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE5C44

secondary

#A6DEE8

accent

#DDFA2E

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE5C44

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →