#EE5E79#EE5E79

#EE5E79 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.178 H 11.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE5E79
RGB	rgb(238, 94, 121)
HSL	hsl(349, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(349, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 49.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.50, 57.58, 14.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.50, 59.33, 13.97°)
OKLab	oklab(67.33% 0.1742 0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(67.33% 0.178 11.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.7171, 27.5682, 21.1572)
Luminance	0.2756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE5E79 #5EEED3

analogous

#EE5EC1 #EE5E79 #EE8B5E

triadic

#EE5E79 #79EE5E #5E79EE

tetradic

#EE5E79 #C1EE5E #5EEED3 #8B5EEE

square

#EE5E79 #C1EE5E #5EEED3 #8B5EEE

split-complementary

#EE5E79 #5EEE8B #5EC1EE

monochromatic

#BE1434 #E8274B #EE5E79 #F495A7 #FACDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#EE5E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#EE5E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EE5E79

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE5E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE5E79	1.00	3.22	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7D79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39A76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF4868

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee5e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 94, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.178 11.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9929f',
    500: '#ee5e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee5e79;
$custom-light: #f9929f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee5e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.75,
    "s": 80.899,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67331,
    "c": 0.17804,
    "h": 11.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE5E79

secondary

#BBECE3

accent

#DDB508

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FFF2F2

border

#D7CCCC

text

#180D0E

muted

#867E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE5E79

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

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