#EE5E5E#EE5E5E

#EE5E5E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.178 H 23.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE5E5E
RGB	rgb(238, 94, 94)
HSL	hsl(0, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(0, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 60.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.97, 55.52, 29.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.97, 62.74, 27.76°)
OKLab	oklab(66.77% 0.164 0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(66.77% 0.178 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.2868, 26.9961, 13.6242)
Luminance	0.2699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE5E5E #5EEEEE

analogous

#EE5EA6 #EE5E5E #EEA65E

triadic

#EE5E5E #5EEE5E #5E5EEE

tetradic

#EE5E5E #A6EE5E #5EEEEE #A65EEE

square

#EE5E5E #A6EE5E #5EEEEE #A65EEE

split-complementary

#EE5E5E #5EEEA6 #5EA6EE

monochromatic

#BE1414 #E82727 #EE5E5E #F49595 #FACDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#EE5E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#EE5E5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EE5E5E

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE5E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE5E5E	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827B5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7995A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF425F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee5e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 94, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.178 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa918b',
    500: '#ee5e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee5e5e;
$custom-light: #fa918b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee5e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 80.899,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66765,
    "c": 0.17847,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE5E5E

secondary

#BBECEC

accent

#DDDD08

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#190D0C

muted

#877E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE5E5E

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

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