#EE8565#EE8565

#EE8565 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.137 H 37.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8565
RGB	rgb(238, 133, 101)
HSL	hsl(14, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(14, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 57.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.44, 37.21, 34.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.44, 50.97, 43.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% 0.1082 0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.137 37.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.9998, 35.8966, 16.8156)
Luminance	0.3589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8565 #65CEEE

analogous

#EE658A #EE8565 #EECA65

triadic

#EE8565 #65EE85 #8565EE

tetradic

#EE8565 #8AEE65 #65CEEE #CA65EE

square

#EE8565 #8AEE65 #65CEEE #CA65EE

split-complementary

#EE8565 #65EECA #658AEE

monochromatic

#C33E16 #E8592E #EE8565 #F4B19C #FADCD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#EE8565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#EE8565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8565

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8565	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09462

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AA63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF737D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 133, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.137 37.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8aa91',
    500: '#ee8565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8565;
$custom-light: #f8aa91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.015,
    "s": 80.117,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72471,
    "c": 0.13679,
    "h": 37.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8565

secondary

#C1E3EE

accent

#ABDC09

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100D

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8565

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

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