#EE8979#EE8979

#EE8979 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.126 H 30.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8979
RGB	rgb(238, 137, 121)
HSL	hsl(8, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(8, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.4%, 49.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.62, 36.82, 25.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.62, 44.72, 34.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% 0.1095 0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.126 30)
XYZ	xyz(47.6598, 37.4535, 22.8047)
Luminance	0.3745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8979 #79DEEE

analogous

#EE79A3 #EE8979 #EEC379

triadic

#EE8979 #79EE89 #8979EE

tetradic

#EE8979 #A3EE79 #79DEEE #C379EE

square

#EE8979 #A3EE79 #79DEEE #C379EE

split-complementary

#EE8979 #79EEC3 #79A3EE

monochromatic

#D2341B #E75943 #EE8979 #F5B9AF #FCE7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#EE8979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#EE8979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8979

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8979	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19877

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AD77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 137, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.126 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ad9f',
    500: '#ee8979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8979;
$custom-light: #f7ad9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.205,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73478,
    "c": 0.12642,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.37449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8979

secondary

#D1EDF1

accent

#BEDA0C

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#18100E

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8979

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

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