#EE8A79#EE8A79

#EE8A79 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.125 H 30.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8A79
RGB	rgb(238, 138, 121)
HSL	hsl(9, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(9, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42%, 49.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, 36.30, 25.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 44.46, 35.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% 0.1079 0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.125 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.8026, 37.7391, 22.8523)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8A79 #79DDEE

analogous

#EE79A2 #EE8A79 #EEC479

triadic

#EE8A79 #79EE8A #8A79EE

tetradic

#EE8A79 #A2EE79 #79DDEE #C479EE

square

#EE8A79 #A2EE79 #79DDEE #C479EE

split-complementary

#EE8A79 #79EEC4 #79A2EE

monochromatic

#D2351B #E75B43 #EE8A79 #F5B9AF #FCE7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#EE8A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#EE8A79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8A79

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8A79	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19977

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAD77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 138, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.125 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ad9f',
    500: '#ee8a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8a79;
$custom-light: #f7ad9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.718,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73641,
    "c": 0.12538,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8A79

secondary

#D1EDF1

accent

#BCDA0C

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#18100E

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8A79

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

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