#EE5E60#EE5E60

#EE5E60 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.178 H 22.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE5E60
RGB	rgb(238, 94, 96)
HSL	hsl(359, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(359, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 59.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.00, 55.65, 28.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.00, 62.36, 26.81°)
OKLab	oklab(66.8% 0.1647 0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(66.8% 0.178 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.3777, 27.0325, 14.1029)
Luminance	0.2703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE5E60 #5EEEEC

analogous

#EE5EA8 #EE5E60 #EEA45E

triadic

#EE5E60 #60EE5E #5E60EE

tetradic

#EE5E60 #A8EE5E #5EEEEC #A45EEE

square

#EE5E60 #A8EE5E #5EEEEC #A45EEE

split-complementary

#EE5E60 #5EEEA4 #5EA8EE

monochromatic

#BE1416 #E82729 #EE5E60 #F49597 #FACDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#EE5E60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#EE5E60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EE5E60

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE5E60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE5E60	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827B5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6995C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF4260

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee5e60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 94, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.178 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa918d',
    500: '#ee5e60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee5e60;
$custom-light: #fa918d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee5e60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.167,
    "s": 80.899,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66801,
    "c": 0.17825,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE5E60

secondary

#BBECEC

accent

#DDDA08

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#190D0C

muted

#877E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE5E60

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

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