#EE8C8A#EE8C8A

#EE8C8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.120 H 21.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8C8A
RGB	rgb(238, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(1, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(1, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.2%, 42%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, 36.94, 17.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 40.78, 25.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% 0.1114 0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.12 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.2280, 38.7726, 28.9310)
Luminance	0.3877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8C8A #8AECEE

analogous

#EE8ABA #EE8C8A #EEBE8A

triadic

#EE8C8A #8AEE8C #8C8AEE

tetradic

#EE8C8A #BAEE8A #8AECEE #BE8AEE

square

#EE8C8A #BAEE8A #8AECEE #BE8AEE

split-complementary

#EE8C8A #8AEEBE #8ABAEE

monochromatic

#DD2420 #E65755 #EE8C8A #F6C1BF #FBE5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#EE8C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#EE8C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8C8A

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8C8A	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19B89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AF88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF808C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.120 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7afac',
    500: '#ee8c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8c8a;
$custom-light: #f7afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.2,
    "s": 74.627,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7433,
    "c": 0.11978,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8C8A

secondary

#D8F2F3

accent

#D3D70F

background

#FFFAFA

surface

#FFF4F4

border

#D7CECE

text

#181010

muted

#867F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8C8A

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

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