#EE6551#EE6551

#EE6551 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.173 H 30.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE6551
RGB	rgb(238, 101, 81)
HSL	hsl(8, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(8, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.6%, 66%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.96, 51.59, 37.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.96, 63.93, 36.20°)
OKLab	oklab(67.45% 0.1494 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(67.45% 0.173 30.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.4028, 28.0840, 11.0235)
Luminance	0.2808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE6551 #51DAEE

analogous

#EE518C #EE6551 #EEB351

triadic

#EE6551 #51EE65 #6551EE

tetradic

#EE6551 #8CEE51 #51DAEE #B351EE

square

#EE6551 #8CEE51 #51DAEE #B351EE

split-complementary

#EE6551 #51EEB3 #518CEE

monochromatic

#B32611 #E93419 #EE6551 #F39689 #F9C8C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#EE6551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#EE6551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EE6551

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE6551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE6551	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897E4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9C4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF4961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee6551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 101, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.173 30.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fb9582',
    500: '#ee6551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee6551;
$custom-light: #fb9582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee6551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.643,
    "s": 82.199,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67451,
    "c": 0.1734,
    "h": 30.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE6551

secondary

#B1E3EA

accent

#C3DF07

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#190E0A

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE6551

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

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