#EE6956#EE6956
#EE6956 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.168 H 30.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EE6956 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(238, 105, 86) |
| HSL | hsl(8, 82%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(8, 64%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 63.9%, 6.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(60.74, 50.03, 35.95) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(60.74, 61.61, 35.70°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.06% 0.1454 0.0847) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.06% 0.168 30.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(41.9951, 28.9575, 12.1802) |
| Luminance | 0.2895 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Coral (survey)
#FC5A50
ΔE00 3.34
Tomato
#FF6347
ΔE00 3.93
Orange Pink
#FF6F52
ΔE00 4.16
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 4.38
Salmon (survey)
#FF796C
ΔE00 5.33
Coral Pink
#FF6163
ΔE00 5.69
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EE6956 #56DBEE
analogous
#EE568F #EE6956 #EEB556
triadic
#EE6956 #56EE69 #6956EE
tetradic
#EE6956 #8FEE56 #56DBEE #B556EE
square
#EE6956 #8FEE56 #56DBEE #B556EE
split-complementary
#EE6956 #56EEB5 #568FEE
monochromatic
#B72712 #E8381E #EE6956 #F49A8E #F9CCC5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.09
#EE6956 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.79
#EE6956 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #EE6956
6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EE6956 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EE6956 | 1.00 | 3.09 | 6.79 | 6.79 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.09 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.79 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.79 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#8B8154
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AC9D53
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF4F65
Achromatopsia (no color)
#929292
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ee6956; /* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 105, 86); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.168 30.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#fa9886',
500: '#ee6956',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ee6956; $custom-light: #fa9886; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ee6956",
"rgb": {
"r": 238,
"g": 105,
"b": 86
},
"hsl": {
"h": 7.5,
"s": 81.72,
"l": 63.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68063,
"c": 0.16827,
"h": 30.2
},
"luminance": 0.28952
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EE6956
secondary
#B5E4EB
accent
#C3DE07
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF2EF
border
#D7CCCA
text
#190E0B
muted
#877E7C