#EE8261#EE8261

#EE8261 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.141 H 37.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8261
RGB	rgb(238, 130, 97)
HSL	hsl(14, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(14, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.4%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.76, 38.46, 36.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.76, 52.78, 43.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% 0.1114 0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.141 37.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.4037, 35.0103, 15.6735)
Luminance	0.3500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8261 #61CDEE

analogous

#EE6186 #EE8261 #EEC961

triadic

#EE8261 #61EE82 #8261EE

tetradic

#EE8261 #86EE61 #61CDEE #C961EE

square

#EE8261 #86EE61 #61CDEE #C961EE

split-complementary

#EE8261 #61EEC9 #6186EE

monochromatic

#C03D15 #E8562A #EE8261 #F4AE98 #FAD9D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#EE8261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#EE8261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8261

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8261	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E915E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A95F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF6F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 130, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.141 37.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9a88e',
    500: '#ee8261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8261;
$custom-light: #f9a88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.043,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71928,
    "c": 0.14092,
    "h": 37.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8261

secondary

#BEE2ED

accent

#ABDD09

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8261

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

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