#EE6561#EE6561

#EE6561 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.170 H 24.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE6561
RGB	rgb(238, 101, 97)
HSL	hsl(2, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(2, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.6%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.21, 52.59, 29.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.21, 60.11, 28.96°)
OKLab	oklab(67.71% 0.1553 0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(67.71% 0.17 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.0750, 28.3529, 14.5639)
Luminance	0.2835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE6561 #61EAEE

analogous

#EE61A3 #EE6561 #EEAB61

triadic

#EE6561 #61EE65 #6561EE

tetradic

#EE6561 #A3EE61 #61EAEE #AB61EE

square

#EE6561 #A3EE61 #61EAEE #AB61EE

split-complementary

#EE6561 #61EEAB #61A3EE

monochromatic

#C01A15 #E82F2A #EE6561 #F49B98 #FAD1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#EE6561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#EE6561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EE6561

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE6561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE6561	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877F60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99C5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF4C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee6561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 101, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.170 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa958e',
    500: '#ee6561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee6561;
$custom-light: #fa958e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee6561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.702,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67711,
    "c": 0.17048,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE6561

secondary

#BEECED

accent

#D7DD09

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#190E0C

muted

#877E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE6561

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

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