#EE6255#EE6255

#EE6255 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.176 H 28.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE6255
RGB	rgb(238, 98, 85)
HSL	hsl(5, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(5, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 64.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.50, 53.18, 34.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.50, 63.66, 33.33°)
OKLab	oklab(67.12% 0.1551 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(67.12% 0.176 28)
XYZ	xyz(41.2712, 27.5738, 11.7416)
Luminance	0.2757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE6255 #55E1EE

analogous

#EE5594 #EE6255 #EEAE55

triadic

#EE6255 #55EE62 #6255EE

tetradic

#EE6255 #94EE55 #55E1EE #AE55EE

square

#EE6255 #94EE55 #55E1EE #AE55EE

split-complementary

#EE6255 #55EEAE #5594EE

monochromatic

#B62012 #E82F1D #EE6255 #F4958D #F9C9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#EE6255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#EE6255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EE6255

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE6255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE6255	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)

#867C53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99B51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF4560

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee6255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 98, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.176 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fb9385',
    500: '#ee6255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee6255;
$custom-light: #fb9385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee6255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.098,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6712,
    "c": 0.17562,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.27568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE6255

secondary

#B4E6EB

accent

#CCDE07

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#190D0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE6255

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

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