#EE6256#EE6256

#EE6256 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.175 H 27.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE6256
RGB	rgb(238, 98, 86)
HSL	hsl(5, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(5, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.52, 53.24, 34.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.52, 63.41, 32.90°)
OKLab	oklab(67.14% 0.1554 0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(67.14% 0.175 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.3112, 27.5898, 11.9523)
Luminance	0.2758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE6256 #56E2EE

analogous

#EE5696 #EE6256 #EEAE56

triadic

#EE6256 #56EE62 #6256EE

tetradic

#EE6256 #96EE56 #56E2EE #AE56EE

square

#EE6256 #96EE56 #56E2EE #AE56EE

split-complementary

#EE6256 #56EEAE #5696EE

monochromatic

#B71F12 #E82E1E #EE6256 #F4968E #F9C9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#EE6256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#EE6256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EE6256

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE6256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE6256	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867C54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99B52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF4660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee6256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 98, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.175 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa9486',
    500: '#ee6256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee6256;
$custom-light: #fa9486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee6256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.737,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67135,
    "c": 0.17543,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE6256

secondary

#B5E7EB

accent

#CDDE07

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#190D0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE6256

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

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