#EE9C8D#EE9C8D

#EE9C8D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.101 H 30.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9C8D
RGB	rgb(238, 156, 141)
HSL	hsl(9, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(9, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.5%, 40.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, 28.88, 20.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 35.42, 35.39°)
OKLab	oklab(77.08% 0.087 0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(77.08% 0.101 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.9584, 43.8811, 30.9275)
Luminance	0.4388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9C8D #8DDFEE

analogous

#EE8DAF #EE9C8D #EECD8D

triadic

#EE9C8D #8DEE9C #9C8DEE

tetradic

#EE9C8D #AFEE8D #8DDFEE #CD8DEE

square

#EE9C8D #AFEE8D #8DDFEE #CD8DEE

split-complementary

#EE9C8D #8DEECD #8DAFEE

monochromatic

#DE3F22 #E66E58 #EE9C8D #F6CAC2 #FBE8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#EE9C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#EE9C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9C8D

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9C8D	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA78C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B78C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 156, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.101 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6baae',
    500: '#ee9c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9c8d;
$custom-light: #f6baae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.278,
    "s": 74.046,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77084,
    "c": 0.1014,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9C8D

secondary

#D8EFF3

accent

#B7D60F

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF6F4

border

#D7D0CE

text

#171110

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9C8D

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

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