#EE5E59#EE5E59

#EE5E59 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.179 H 25.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE5E59
RGB	rgb(238, 94, 89)
HSL	hsl(2, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(2, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.89, 55.20, 31.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.89, 63.79, 30.08°)
OKLab	oklab(66.68% 0.1621 0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(66.68% 0.179 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.0697, 26.9093, 12.4806)
Luminance	0.2690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE5E59 #59E9EE

analogous

#EE599F #EE5E59 #EEA859

triadic

#EE5E59 #59EE5E #5E59EE

tetradic

#EE5E59 #9FEE59 #59E9EE #A859EE

square

#EE5E59 #9FEE59 #59E9EE #A859EE

split-complementary

#EE5E59 #59EEA8 #599FEE

monochromatic

#BA1913 #E82821 #EE5E59 #F49491 #F9CAC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#EE5E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#EE5E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EE5E59

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE5E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE5E59	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837A57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF405E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee5e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 94, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.179 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa9188',
    500: '#ee5e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee5e59;
$custom-light: #fa9188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee5e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.013,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66678,
    "c": 0.1791,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE5E59

secondary

#B7EAEB

accent

#D7DE08

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#190D0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE5E59

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

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