#EE8A74#EE8A74

#EE8A74 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.127 H 33.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8A74
RGB	rgb(238, 138, 116)
HSL	hsl(11, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(11, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42%, 51.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.74, 35.85, 28.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.74, 45.68, 38.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% 0.106 0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.127 33.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.5039, 37.6196, 21.2791)
Luminance	0.3761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8A74 #74D8EE

analogous

#EE749B #EE8A74 #EEC774

triadic

#EE8A74 #74EE8A #8A74EE

tetradic

#EE8A74 #9BEE74 #74D8EE #C774EE

square

#EE8A74 #9BEE74 #74D8EE #C774EE

split-complementary

#EE8A74 #74EEC7 #749BEE

monochromatic

#CE3A19 #E75C3D #EE8A74 #F5B8AB #FBE6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#EE8A74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#EE8A74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8A74

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8A74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8A74	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29872

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAD73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8a74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 138, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.127 33.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8ad9c',
    500: '#ee8a74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8a74;
$custom-light: #f8ad9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8a74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.82,
    "s": 78.205,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73544,
    "c": 0.12688,
    "h": 33.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8A74

secondary

#CDEAF0

accent

#B5DA0B

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#18100E

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8A74

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

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