#EE5E53#EE5E53

#EE5E53 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.180 H 27.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE5E53
RGB	rgb(238, 94, 83)
HSL	hsl(4, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(4, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 65.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.80, 54.85, 35.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.80, 65.19, 32.72°)
OKLab	oklab(66.58% 0.1599 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(66.58% 0.18 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.8279, 26.8126, 11.2074)
Luminance	0.2681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE5E53 #53E3EE

analogous

#EE5395 #EE5E53 #EEAB53

triadic

#EE5E53 #53EE5E #5E53EE

tetradic

#EE5E53 #95EE53 #53E3EE #AB53EE

square

#EE5E53 #95EE53 #53E3EE #AB53EE

split-complementary

#EE5E53 #53EEAB #5395EE

monochromatic

#B51D12 #E82A1B #EE5E53 #F4928B #F9C6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#EE5E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#EE5E53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EE5E53

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE5E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE5E53	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)

#847A51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8994F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee5e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 94, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.180 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fb9183',
    500: '#ee5e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee5e53;
$custom-light: #fb9183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee5e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.258,
    "s": 82.011,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66582,
    "c": 0.18006,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE5E53

secondary

#B2E6EA

accent

#CFDE07

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#190D0A

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE5E53

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

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