#EE5F59#EE5F59

#EE5F59 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.178 H 25.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE5F59
RGB	rgb(238, 95, 89)
HSL	hsl(2, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(2, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.06, 54.76, 32.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.06, 63.52, 30.44°)
OKLab	oklab(66.8% 0.1607 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(66.8% 0.178 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.1592, 27.0883, 12.5104)
Luminance	0.2708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE5F59 #59E8EE

analogous

#EE599E #EE5F59 #EEAA59

triadic

#EE5F59 #59EE5F #5F59EE

tetradic

#EE5F59 #9EEE59 #59E8EE #AA59EE

square

#EE5F59 #9EEE59 #59E8EE #AA59EE

split-complementary

#EE5F59 #59EEAA #599EEE

monochromatic

#BA1A13 #E82921 #EE5F59 #F49591 #F9CAC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#EE5F59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#EE5F59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EE5F59

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE5F59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE5F59	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)

#847B57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89A55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF425F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee5f59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 95, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.178 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa9288',
    500: '#ee5f59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee5f59;
$custom-light: #fa9288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee5f59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.416,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66803,
    "c": 0.17806,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE5F59

secondary

#B7E9EB

accent

#D5DE08

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#190D0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE5F59

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

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