#EE9C8A#EE9C8A

#EE9C8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.102 H 33.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9C8A
RGB	rgb(238, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(11, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(11, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.5%, 42%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, 28.55, 22.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 36.09, 37.71°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% 0.0859 0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.102 33)
XYZ	xyz(51.7382, 43.7931, 29.7678)
Luminance	0.4379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9C8A #8ADCEE

analogous

#EE8AAA #EE9C8A #EECE8A

triadic

#EE9C8A #8AEE9C #9C8AEE

tetradic

#EE9C8A #AAEE8A #8ADCEE #CE8AEE

square

#EE9C8A #AAEE8A #8ADCEE #CE8AEE

split-complementary

#EE9C8A #8AEECE #8AAAEE

monochromatic

#DD4220 #E66F55 #EE9C8A #F6C9BF #FBE8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#EE9C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#EE9C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9C8A

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9C8A	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA788

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.102 33.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6baac',
    500: '#ee9c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9c8a;
$custom-light: #f6baac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.8,
    "s": 74.627,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77019,
    "c": 0.10236,
    "h": 33
  },
  "luminance": 0.43789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9C8A

secondary

#D8EEF3

accent

#B3D70F

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF6F4

border

#D7D0CE

text

#171110

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9C8A

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

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