#EE6251#EE6251

#EE6251 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.176 H 29.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE6251
RGB	rgb(238, 98, 81)
HSL	hsl(6, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(6, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 66%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.45, 52.95, 37.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.45, 64.68, 35.04°)
OKLab	oklab(67.06% 0.1536 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(67.06% 0.176 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.1168, 27.5120, 10.9282)
Luminance	0.2751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE6251 #51DDEE

analogous

#EE518E #EE6251 #EEB151

triadic

#EE6251 #51EE62 #6251EE

tetradic

#EE6251 #8EEE51 #51DDEE #B151EE

square

#EE6251 #8EEE51 #51DDEE #B151EE

split-complementary

#EE6251 #51EEB1 #518EEE

monochromatic

#B32311 #E93019 #EE6251 #F39489 #F9C7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#EE6251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#EE6251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EE6251

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE6251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE6251	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877C4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF455F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee6251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 98, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.176 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fb9382',
    500: '#ee6251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee6251;
$custom-light: #fb9382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee6251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.497,
    "s": 82.199,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67059,
    "c": 0.1764,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE6251

secondary

#B1E4EA

accent

#C7DF07

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#190D0A

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE6251

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

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