#EE5E49#EE5E49

#EE5E49 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.182 H 30.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE5E49
RGB	rgb(238, 94, 73)
HSL	hsl(8, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(8, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 69.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.67, 54.31, 40.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.67, 67.81, 36.78°)
OKLab	oklab(66.44% 0.1564 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(66.44% 0.182 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.4693, 26.6691, 9.3187)
Luminance	0.2666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE5E49 #49D9EE

analogous

#EE4986 #EE5E49 #EEB049

triadic

#EE5E49 #49EE5E #5E49EE

tetradic

#EE5E49 #86EE49 #49D9EE #B049EE

square

#EE5E49 #86EE49 #49D9EE #B049EE

split-complementary

#EE5E49 #49EEB0 #4986EE

monochromatic

#AC2410 #E43015 #EE5E49 #F39081 #F8C1B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#EE5E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#EE5E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EE5E49

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE5E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE5E49	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3D5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee5e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 94, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.182 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fb917c',
    500: '#ee5e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee5e49;
$custom-light: #fb917c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee5e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.636,
    "s": 82.915,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66438,
    "c": 0.18198,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE5E49

secondary

#AAE1E9

accent

#C4DF06

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE5E49

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

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