#EE9E8A#EE9E8A

#EE9E8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.101 H 34.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9E8A
RGB	rgb(238, 158, 138)
HSL	hsl(12, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(12, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.6%, 42%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, 27.50, 22.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 35.65, 39.53°)
OKLab	oklab(77.37% 0.0827 0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(77.37% 0.101 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.0766, 44.4698, 29.8806)
Luminance	0.4447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9E8A #8ADAEE

analogous

#EE8AA8 #EE9E8A #EED08A

triadic

#EE9E8A #8AEE9E #9E8AEE

tetradic

#EE9E8A #A8EE8A #8ADAEE #D08AEE

square

#EE9E8A #A8EE8A #8ADAEE #D08AEE

split-complementary

#EE9E8A #8AEED0 #8AA8EE

monochromatic

#DD4620 #E67255 #EE9E8A #F6CABF #FBE9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#EE9E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#EE9E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9E8A

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9E8A	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A888

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 158, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.101 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6bbac',
    500: '#ee9e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9e8a;
$custom-light: #f6bbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 74.627,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77367,
    "c": 0.10053,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9E8A

secondary

#D8EDF3

accent

#AFD70F

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF6F4

border

#D7D0CE

text

#171210

muted

#85817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9E8A

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

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