#EE8972#EE8972

#EE8972 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.129 H 33.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8972
RGB	rgb(238, 137, 114)
HSL	hsl(11, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(11, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.4%, 52.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.49, 36.19, 29.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.49, 46.44, 38.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% 0.1068 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.129 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.2460, 37.2880, 20.6254)
Luminance	0.3728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8972 #72D7EE

analogous

#EE7299 #EE8972 #EEC772

triadic

#EE8972 #72EE89 #8972EE

tetradic

#EE8972 #99EE72 #72D7EE #C772EE

square

#EE8972 #99EE72 #72D7EE #C772EE

split-complementary

#EE8972 #72EEC7 #7299EE

monochromatic

#CD3A19 #E75B3B #EE8972 #F5B7A9 #FBE4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#EE8972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#EE8972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8972

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8972	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29770

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAD71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 137, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.129 33.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8ad9a',
    500: '#ee8972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8972;
$custom-light: #f8ad9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.129,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73344,
    "c": 0.12851,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8972

secondary

#CCE9F0

accent

#B4DB0B

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#18100E

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8972

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

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