#EE8E8A#EE8E8A

#EE8E8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.117 H 22.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8E8A
RGB	rgb(238, 142, 138)
HSL	hsl(2, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(2, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 42%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, 35.90, 17.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 40.10, 26.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% 0.1082 0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.117 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.5229, 39.3624, 29.0293)
Luminance	0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8E8A #8AEAEE

analogous

#EE8AB8 #EE8E8A #EEC08A

triadic

#EE8E8A #8AEE8E #8E8AEE

tetradic

#EE8E8A #B8EE8A #8AEAEE #C08AEE

square

#EE8E8A #B8EE8A #8AEAEE #C08AEE

split-complementary

#EE8E8A #8AEEC0 #8AB8EE

monochromatic

#DD2820 #E65A55 #EE8E8A #F6C2BF #FBE5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#EE8E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#EE8E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8E8A

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8E8A	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29D89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB088

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF828D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 142, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.117 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b0ac',
    500: '#ee8e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8e8a;
$custom-light: #f7b0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.4,
    "s": 74.627,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74656,
    "c": 0.11739,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8E8A

secondary

#D8F2F3

accent

#CFD70F

background

#FFFAFA

surface

#FFF5F4

border

#D7CFCE

text

#181010

muted

#867F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8E8A

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

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