#EE9999#EE9999

#EE9999 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.102 H 19.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9999
RGB	rgb(238, 153, 153)
HSL	hsl(0, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(0, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.7%, 35.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, 31.83, 13.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 34.51, 22.72°)
OKLab	oklab(76.85% 0.0965 0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(76.85% 0.102 19.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.4030, 43.2634, 35.7215)
Luminance	0.4326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9999 #99EEEE

analogous

#EE99C4 #EE9999 #EEC499

triadic

#EE9999 #99EE99 #9999EE

tetradic

#EE9999 #C4EE99 #99EEEE #C499EE

square

#EE9999 #C4EE99 #99EEEE #C499EE

split-complementary

#EE9999 #99EEC4 #99C4EE

monochromatic

#DD3030 #E56565 #EE9999 #F7CDCD #FBE5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#EE9999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#EE9999 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9999

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9999	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE8F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 153, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.102 19.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6b8b7',
    500: '#ee9999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9999;
$custom-light: #f6b8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76847,
    "c": 0.10248,
    "h": 19.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9999

secondary

#D9F2F2

accent

#D3D312

background

#FFFBFB

surface

#FFF6F6

border

#D7D0D0

text

#171111

muted

#858080

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9999

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

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