#EE5E51#EE5E51

#EE5E51 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.180 H 28.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE5E51
RGB	rgb(238, 94, 81)
HSL	hsl(5, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(5, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 66%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.77, 54.73, 36.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.77, 65.69, 33.57°)
OKLab	oklab(66.55% 0.1592 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(66.55% 0.18 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.7518, 26.7821, 10.8065)
Luminance	0.2678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#EE5E51 #51E1EE

analogous

#EE5193 #EE5E51 #EEAC51

triadic

#EE5E51 #51EE5E #5E51EE

tetradic

#EE5E51 #93EE51 #51E1EE #AC51EE

square

#EE5E51 #93EE51 #51E1EE #AC51EE

split-complementary

#EE5E51 #51EEAC #5193EE

monochromatic

#B31F11 #E92A19 #EE5E51 #F39289 #F9C5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#EE5E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#EE5E51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EE5E51

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE5E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE5E51	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847A4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8994D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee5e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 94, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.180 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fb9182',
    500: '#ee5e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee5e51;
$custom-light: #fb9182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee5e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.968,
    "s": 82.199,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66551,
    "c": 0.18042,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE5E51

secondary

#B1E5EA

accent

#CDDF07

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#190D0A

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE5E51

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

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