#EE6556#EE6556

#EE6556 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.172 H 28.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE6556
RGB	rgb(238, 101, 86)
HSL	hsl(6, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(6, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.6%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.03, 51.88, 35.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.03, 62.63, 34.06°)
OKLab	oklab(67.53% 0.1512 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(67.53% 0.172 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.5972, 28.1618, 12.0476)
Luminance	0.2816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE6556 #56DFEE

analogous

#EE5693 #EE6556 #EEB156

triadic

#EE6556 #56EE65 #6556EE

tetradic

#EE6556 #93EE56 #56DFEE #B156EE

square

#EE6556 #93EE56 #56DFEE #B156EE

split-complementary

#EE6556 #56EEB1 #5693EE

monochromatic

#B72312 #E8321E #EE6556 #F4988E #F9CAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#EE6556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#EE6556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EE6556

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE6556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE6556	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887E54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9C53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF4A62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee6556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 101, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.172 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa9586',
    500: '#ee6556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee6556;
$custom-light: #fa9586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee6556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.921,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67526,
    "c": 0.17235,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE6556

secondary

#B5E6EB

accent

#C9DE07

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#190E0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE6556

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

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