#EE5F51#EE5F51

#EE5F51 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.179 H 28.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE5F51
RGB	rgb(238, 95, 81)
HSL	hsl(5, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(5, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 66%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.94, 54.29, 36.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.94, 65.43, 33.93°)
OKLab	oklab(66.68% 0.1578 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(66.68% 0.179 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.8413, 26.9611, 10.8364)
Luminance	0.2696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE5F51 #51E0EE

analogous

#EE5192 #EE5F51 #EEAD51

triadic

#EE5F51 #51EE5F #5F51EE

tetradic

#EE5F51 #92EE51 #51E0EE #AD51EE

square

#EE5F51 #92EE51 #51E0EE #AD51EE

split-complementary

#EE5F51 #51EEAD #5192EE

monochromatic

#B32011 #E92C19 #EE5F51 #F39289 #F9C6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#EE5F51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#EE5F51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EE5F51

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE5F51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE5F51	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857A4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8994D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF405C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee5f51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 95, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.179 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fb9282',
    500: '#ee5f51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee5f51;
$custom-light: #fb9282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee5f51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.35,
    "s": 82.199,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66677,
    "c": 0.17941,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE5F51

secondary

#B1E5EA

accent

#CBDF07

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#190D0A

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE5F51

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

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