#EE8A85#EE8A85
#EE8A85 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.123 H 23.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EE8A85 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(238, 138, 133) |
| HSL | hsl(3, 76%, 73%) |
| HSV | hsv(3, 44%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 42%, 44.1%, 6.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(68.06, 37.46, 19.32) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(68.06, 42.15, 27.29°) |
| OKLab | oklab(73.89% 0.1126 0.049) |
| OKLCH | oklch(73.89% 0.123 23.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.5848, 38.0520, 26.9718) |
| Luminance | 0.3805 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Lightcoral
#F08080
ΔE00 2.61
Salmon Pink
#FE7B7C
ΔE00 4.30
Salmon
#FA8072
ΔE00 4.71
Blush Pink
#FE828C
ΔE00 4.94
Peachy Pink
#FF9A8A
ΔE00 5.55
Blush (survey)
#F29E8E
ΔE00 5.95
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EE8A85 #85E9EE
analogous
#EE85B4 #EE8A85 #EEBE85
triadic
#EE8A85 #85EE8A #8A85EE
tetradic
#EE8A85 #B4EE85 #85E9EE #BE85EE
square
#EE8A85 #B4EE85 #85E9EE #BE85EE
split-complementary
#EE8A85 #85EEBE #85B4EE
monochromatic
#DA271E #E7564F #EE8A85 #F5BEBB #FBE5E4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.44
#EE8A85 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.61
#EE8A85 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EE8A85
8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EE8A85 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EE8A85 | 1.00 | 2.44 | 8.61 | 8.61 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.44 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.61 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.61 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#A09A84
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B8AE83
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF7D89
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ee8a85; /* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 138, 133); /* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.123 23.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f7ada8',
500: '#ee8a85',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ee8a85; $custom-light: #f7ada8; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ee8a85",
"rgb": {
"r": 238,
"g": 138,
"b": 133
},
"hsl": {
"h": 2.857,
"s": 75.54,
"l": 72.745
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.73893,
"c": 0.12281,
"h": 23.5
},
"luminance": 0.38048
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EE8A85
secondary
#D8F2F3
accent
#CED80E
background
#FFFAFA
surface
#FFF4F4
border
#D7CECE
text
#18100F
muted
#867F7F