#EE8A69#EE8A69
#EE8A69 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.131 H 39.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EE8A69 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(238, 138, 105) |
| HSL | hsl(15, 80%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(15, 56%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 42%, 55.9%, 6.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(67.56, 34.94, 34.09) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(67.56, 48.81, 44.29°) |
| OKLab | oklab(73.35% 0.1018 0.0823) |
| OKLCH | oklch(73.35% 0.131 39) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.9015, 37.3787, 18.1066) |
| Luminance | 0.3737 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Darksalmon
#E9967A
ΔE00 3.60
Dark Peach
#DE7E5D
ΔE00 4.01
Coral
#FF7F50
ΔE00 4.89
Melon
#FF7855
ΔE00 5.12
Lightsalmon
#FFA07A
ΔE00 5.81
Orangish
#FC824A
ΔE00 5.97
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EE8A69 #69CDEE
analogous
#EE698B #EE8A69 #EECC69
triadic
#EE8A69 #69EE8A #8A69EE
tetradic
#EE8A69 #8BEE69 #69CDEE #CC69EE
square
#EE8A69 #8BEE69 #69CDEE #CC69EE
split-complementary
#EE8A69 #69EECC #698BEE
monochromatic
#C64216 #E85F32 #EE8A69 #F4B5A0 #FAE0D7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.48
#EE8A69 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.47
#EE8A69 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EE8A69
8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EE8A69 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EE8A69 | 1.00 | 2.48 | 8.47 | 8.47 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.48 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.47 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.47 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#A49866
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BCAD68
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF7982
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ee8a69; /* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 138, 105); /* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.131 39.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f8ad94',
500: '#ee8a69',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ee8a69; $custom-light: #f8ad94; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ee8a69",
"rgb": {
"r": 238,
"g": 138,
"b": 105
},
"hsl": {
"h": 14.887,
"s": 79.641,
"l": 67.255
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.73348,
"c": 0.13091,
"h": 39
},
"luminance": 0.37374
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EE8A69
secondary
#C4E4EE
accent
#A8DC0A
background
#FFFAF9
surface
#FFF4F1
border
#D7CECB
text
#18100D
muted
#867F7E