#EE8B72#EE8B72

#EE8B72 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.127 H 35.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#EE8B72
RGBrgb(238, 139, 114)
HSLhsl(12, 78%, 69%)
HSVhsv(12, 52%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 41.6%, 52.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LABlab(67.92, 35.16, 29.65)
CIE-LCHlch(67.92, 45.99, 40.14°)
OKLaboklab(73.67% 0.1036 0.0727)
OKLCHoklch(73.67% 0.127 35.1)
XYZxyz(47.5329, 37.8619, 20.7211)
Luminance0.3786 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#EE8B72 #72D5EE
analogous
#EE7297 #EE8B72 #EEC972
triadic
#EE8B72 #72EE8B #8B72EE
tetradic
#EE8B72 #97EE72 #72D5EE #C972EE
square
#EE8B72 #97EE72 #72D5EE #C972EE
split-complementary
#EE8B72 #72EEC9 #7297EE
monochromatic
#CD3D19 #E75E3B #EE8B72 #F5B8A9 #FBE5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45
#EE8B72 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57
#EE8B72 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8B72
8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##EE8B72#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##EE8B721.002.458.578.57
#FFFFFF2.451.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5721.001.001.00
##0000008.5721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A39970
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BBAE71
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF7B85
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ee8b72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 139, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.127 35.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8ae9b',
    500: '#ee8b72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ee8b72;
$custom-light: #f8ae9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ee8b72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.097,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7367,
    "c": 0.12661,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#EE8B72
secondary
#CCE9F0
accent
#B1DB0B
background
#FFFAF9
surface
#FFF4F2
border
#D7CECC
text
#18100E
muted
#867F7E

Preview Lab

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#EE8B72 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva