#EE5E65#EE5E65

#EE5E65 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.178 H 20.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE5E65
RGB	rgb(238, 94, 101)
HSL	hsl(357, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(357, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 57.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.09, 56.00, 25.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.09, 61.48, 24.37°)
OKLab	oklab(66.9% 0.1667 0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(66.9% 0.178 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.6153, 27.1275, 15.3541)
Luminance	0.2712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE5E65 #5EEEE7

analogous

#EE5EAD #EE5E65 #EE9F5E

triadic

#EE5E65 #65EE5E #5E65EE

tetradic

#EE5E65 #ADEE5E #5EEEE7 #9F5EEE

square

#EE5E65 #ADEE5E #5EEEE7 #9F5EEE

split-complementary

#EE5E65 #5EEE9F #5EADEE

monochromatic

#BE141C #E82730 #EE5E65 #F4959A #FACDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#EE5E65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#EE5E65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EE5E65

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE5E65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE5E65	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817B64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69A61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF4362

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee5e65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 94, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.178 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa9190',
    500: '#ee5e65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee5e65;
$custom-light: #fa9190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee5e65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.083,
    "s": 80.899,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66896,
    "c": 0.17783,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE5E65

secondary

#BBECEA

accent

#DDD308

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#190D0C

muted

#877E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE5E65

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

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