#EE7272#EE7272

#EE7272 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.154 H 21.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE7272
RGB	rgb(238, 114, 114)
HSL	hsl(0, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(0, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.1%, 52.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.87, 47.76, 22.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.87, 52.99, 25.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% 0.1426 0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.154 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.3178, 31.4317, 19.6494)
Luminance	0.3143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE7272 #72EEEE

analogous

#EE72B0 #EE7272 #EEB072

triadic

#EE7272 #72EE72 #7272EE

tetradic

#EE7272 #B0EE72 #72EEEE #B072EE

square

#EE7272 #B0EE72 #72EEEE #B072EE

split-complementary

#EE7272 #72EEB0 #72B0EE

monochromatic

#CD1919 #E73B3B #EE7272 #F5A9A9 #FBDFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#EE7272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#EE7272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE7272

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE7272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE7272	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8871

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA26F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF5F73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee7272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 114, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.154 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f99e9a',
    500: '#ee7272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee7272;
$custom-light: #f99e9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee7272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69824,
    "c": 0.15361,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE7272

secondary

#CCF0F0

accent

#DBDB0B

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FFF2F2

border

#D7CCCC

text

#180F0E

muted

#867E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE7272

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

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