#EE8A72#EE8A72

#EE8A72 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.128 H 34.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8A72
RGB	rgb(238, 138, 114)
HSL	hsl(12, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(12, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42%, 52.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.71, 35.68, 29.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.71, 46.21, 39.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% 0.1052 0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.128 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.3888, 37.5736, 20.6730)
Luminance	0.3757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8A72 #72D6EE

analogous

#EE7298 #EE8A72 #EEC872

triadic

#EE8A72 #72EE8A #8A72EE

tetradic

#EE8A72 #98EE72 #72D6EE #C872EE

square

#EE8A72 #98EE72 #72D6EE #C872EE

split-complementary

#EE8A72 #72EEC8 #7298EE

monochromatic

#CD3C19 #E75D3B #EE8A72 #F5B7A9 #FBE5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#EE8A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#EE8A72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8A72

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8A72	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29870

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAD71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 138, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.128 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8ad9a',
    500: '#ee8a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8a72;
$custom-light: #f8ad9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.613,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73507,
    "c": 0.12755,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8A72

secondary

#CCE9F0

accent

#B2DB0B

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#18100E

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8A72

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

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