#EE5E57#EE5E57

#EE5E57 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.179 H 25.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE5E57
RGB	rgb(238, 94, 87)
HSL	hsl(3, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(3, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.86, 55.08, 33.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.86, 64.24, 30.97°)
OKLab	oklab(66.65% 0.1614 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(66.65% 0.179 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.9869, 26.8761, 12.0443)
Luminance	0.2687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE5E57 #57E7EE

analogous

#EE579B #EE5E57 #EEA957

triadic

#EE5E57 #57EE5E #5E57EE

tetradic

#EE5E57 #9BEE57 #57E7EE #A957EE

square

#EE5E57 #9BEE57 #57E7EE #A957EE

split-complementary

#EE5E57 #57EEA9 #579BEE

monochromatic

#B81A13 #E8291F #EE5E57 #F4938F #F9C9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#EE5E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#EE5E57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EE5E57

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE5E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE5E57	1.00	3.29	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837A55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF405D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee5e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 94, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.179 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fb9186',
    500: '#ee5e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee5e57;
$custom-light: #fb9186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee5e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.781,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66645,
    "c": 0.1794,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE5E57

secondary

#B6E9EB

accent

#D4DE08

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#190D0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE5E57

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

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