#EE6E59#EE6E59

#EE6E59 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.163 H 31.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE6E59
RGB	rgb(238, 110, 89)
HSL	hsl(8, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(8, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.70, 47.85, 35.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.70, 59.56, 36.55°)
OKLab	oklab(68.8% 0.1391 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(68.8% 0.163 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.6428, 30.0555, 13.0050)
Luminance	0.3005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE6E59 #59D9EE

analogous

#EE598F #EE6E59 #EEB859

triadic

#EE6E59 #59EE6E #6E59EE

tetradic

#EE6E59 #8FEE59 #59D9EE #B859EE

square

#EE6E59 #8FEE59 #59D9EE #B859EE

split-complementary

#EE6E59 #59EEB8 #598FEE

monochromatic

#BA2A13 #E83E21 #EE6E59 #F49E91 #F9CFC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#EE6E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#EE6E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE6E59

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE6E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE6E59	1.00	3.00	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9F56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF5669

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee6e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 110, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.163 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa9b88',
    500: '#ee6e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee6e59;
$custom-light: #fa9b88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee6e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.456,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68802,
    "c": 0.16251,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE6E59

secondary

#B7E4EB

accent

#C0DE08

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#190E0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE6E59

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

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