#EE5E62#EE5E62

#EE5E62 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.178 H 21.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE5E62
RGB	rgb(238, 94, 98)
HSL	hsl(358, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(358, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 58.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.04, 55.79, 27.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.04, 61.99, 25.85°)
OKLab	oklab(66.84% 0.1655 0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(66.84% 0.178 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.4710, 27.0698, 14.5941)
Luminance	0.2706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE5E62 #5EEEEA

analogous

#EE5EAA #EE5E62 #EEA25E

triadic

#EE5E62 #62EE5E #5E62EE

tetradic

#EE5E62 #AAEE5E #5EEEEA #A25EEE

square

#EE5E62 #AAEE5E #5EEEEA #A25EEE

split-complementary

#EE5E62 #5EEEA2 #5EAAEE

monochromatic

#BE1419 #E8272C #EE5E62 #F49598 #FACDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#EE5E62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#EE5E62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EE5E62

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE5E62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE5E62	1.00	3.27	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.27	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)

#827B61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6995E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF4261

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee5e62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 94, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.178 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa918e',
    500: '#ee5e62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee5e62;
$custom-light: #fa918e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee5e62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.333,
    "s": 80.899,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66838,
    "c": 0.17806,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE5E62

secondary

#BBECEB

accent

#DDD708

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#190D0C

muted

#877E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE5E62

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

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