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#eeaf9f

a light, vivid red · warm · closest name: Dark Salmon

Token name suggestion: Meadow Cherry

RGB
238, 175, 159
HSL
12°, 70%, 78%
CMYK
0, 27, 33, 7
Luminance
0.5134

#eeaf9f is a light vivid red, 12° on the wheel and 10/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (11.27:1). As text it scores 1.86:1 on white — use #CF4725 instead. Nearest name is Dark Salmon, nearest Tailwind family is orange.

hsl(12 70% 78%)rgb(238 175 159)Base step 300AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #eeaf9f is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#eeaf9f
Hue
12°
red
Saturation
70%
vivid
Lightness
78%
light
Brightness
93%
HSV value
Perceived
76%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5134
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
10/100 cool
Color family
Red
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
11.27:1
Closest name
Dark Salmon
ΔE2000 7.5
Chroma
27.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.809
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
orange
500 · ΔE 20.7
Web-safe
#FF9999
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue12° of 360°
Saturation70%
Lightness78%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #eeaf9f.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool10% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red35%
Green60%
Blue5%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#eeaf9f
HEX (8-digit)#eeaf9fff
RGBrgb(238, 175, 159)
RGBArgba(238, 175, 159, 1)
HSLhsl(12, 70%, 78%)
HSV / HSBhsv(12, 33%, 93%)
HWBhwb(12 62% 7%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 27%, 33%, 7%)
LABlab(76.9 20.9 17.3)
LCHlch(76.9 27.1 39.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.809 0.078 34.7)
XYZ (D65)xyz(56.85, 51.34, 39.71)
Decimal15642527
Display P3color(display-p3 0.933 0.686 0.624)
Web-safe#FF9999

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #eeaf9f;
background-color: #eeaf9f;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #eeaf9f;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#eeaf9f] bg-[#eeaf9f]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #eeaf9f;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.933, green: 0.686, blue: 0.624)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.933, green: 0.686, blue: 0.624, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#EEAF9F</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFEEAF9F)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFEEAF9F)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(159, 175, 238)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(238, 175, 159)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(238, 175, 159)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 238, 175, 159)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9333f, 0.6863f, 0.6235f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{238,175,159}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #eeaf9f 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #eeaf9f 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#6C2513, #EED8D3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #eeaf9f h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FCF5F3;
  --brand-100: #F8EBE7;
  --brand-200: #F2D2C9;
  --brand-300: #eeaf9f;
  --brand-400: #E68870;
  --brand-500: #DD6040;
  --brand-600: #D04825;
  --brand-700: #AD3C1F;
  --brand-800: #8B3019;
  --brand-900: #652616;
  --brand-950: #3F180E;
  --brand: #eeaf9f;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF6F4;
  --brand-border: #EDC9C0;
  --brand-hover: #E99680;
  --brand-pressed: #E37C62;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241714;
    --brand-ink: #EED8D3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FCF5F3',
        100: '#F8EBE7',
        200: '#F2D2C9',
        300: '#eeaf9f',
        400: '#E68870',
        500: '#DD6040',
        600: '#D04825',
        700: '#AD3C1F',
        800: '#8B3019',
        900: '#652616',
        950: '#3F180E',
        DEFAULT: '#eeaf9f',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FCF5F3,
  '100': #F8EBE7,
  '200': #F2D2C9,
  '300': #eeaf9f,
  '400': #E68870,
  '500': #DD6040,
  '600': #D04825,
  '700': #AD3C1F,
  '800': #8B3019,
  '900': #652616,
  '950': #3F180E,
);
$brand-base: #eeaf9f;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FCF5F3", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F8EBE7", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F2D2C9", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#eeaf9f", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#E68870", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#DD6040", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#D04825", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#AD3C1F", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#8B3019", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#652616", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#3F180E", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #eeaf9f · 11.27:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.86:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 11.27:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #eeaf9f as text scores 1.86:1 on white and 11.27:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #6C2513 at 5.89:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#CF4725 · 4.58:1
AA on white−30% L
#CF4725
The quick fox
#9B351B · 7.19:1
AAA on white−42% L
#9B351B
The quick fox
#eeaf9f · 11.27:1
AA on blackalready passes
#eeaf9f
The quick fox
#eeaf9f · 11.27:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#eeaf9f

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #E2755A is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#eeaf9f on white: 1.86:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#eeaf9f on black: 11.27:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #eeaf9f as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #eeaf9f.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.86:1AaAa
Slate 501.78:1AaAa
Slate 1001.70:1AaAa
Slate 2001.51:1AaAa
Slate 3001.26:1AaAa
Slate 4001.38:1AaAa
Slate 5002.55:1AaAa
Slate 6004.07:1AaAa
Slate 7005.56:1AaAa
Slate 8007.85:1AaAa
Slate 9009.58:1AaAa
Black11.27:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #BDB69E
deuteranopia · #CCC39E
tritanopia · #FDA6AB

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #eeaf9f is pinned to step 300; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FCF5F3
#F8EBE7
#F2D2C9
#eeaf9f
#E68870
#DD6040
#D04825
#AD3C1F
#8B3019
#652616
#3F180E
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #FCF5F3Darkest = 950 · #3F180EText step on white = 600
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.019 34.7);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.031 34.7);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.047 34.7);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.061 34.7);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.071 34.7);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.078 34.7);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.078 34.7);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.073 34.7);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.065 34.7);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.054 34.7);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.043 34.7);
}

Colors that work with #eeaf9f

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#FAF6F4
Tinted page background
Border#EDC9C0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B5B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#1BB1AA
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#6C2513
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FBEDE9
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241714
Dark-mode background
Hover#E99680
One step down in lightness
Pressed#E37C62
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F3F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F6BBAC
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #eeaf9f

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White text placed on it
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #6C2513
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #E2755A

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

urgentappetisingboldphysical

Red arrives before the rest of the page does. It raises attention and appetite, which is why it runs food, sport and clearance pricing.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

It is also the universal error colour. Use it as a brand accent and users may read a warning that is not there.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight22/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#9FDEEE
Analogous left#EE9FB6
Analogous right#EED69F
Split-complement 1#9FEED6
Split-complement 2#9FB6EE
Triadic 1#9FEEAF
Triadic 2#AF9FEE
Tetradic#B6EE9F
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°12°

#eeaf9f sits at 12°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red93.3%
Green68.6%
Blue62.4%
R · 0–255
238
0xee
G · 0–255
175
0xaf
B · 0–255
159
0x9f

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta26.5%
Yellow33.2%
Key (black)6.7%

Total ink coverage is 66%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#eeaf9f text on a black background

contrast 11.27:1

Card sample

#eeaf9f text on a white background

contrast 1.86:1

Card sample

#eeaf9f on grey

1.70:1

#eeaf9f on its own surface

1.74:1

#eeaf9f on its dark surface

9.33:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #eeaf9f;
Background color
Panel with #eeaf9f background
background-color: #eeaf9f;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #eeaf9f;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(238, 175, 159, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(238, 175, 159, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #eeaf9f;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eeaf9f, #EEE49F);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eeaf9f, #E4EE9F);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #eeaf9f;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #eeaf9f;
caret-color: #eeaf9f;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #eeaf9f;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FBEDE9;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #eeaf9f;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#eeaf9f 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #eeaf9f over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(238, 175, 159, 0.5)
rgb(238 175 159 / 50%)
#eeaf9f80
hsl(12 70% 78% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #eeaf9f 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#eeaf9f1a#FDF7F5
20%#eeaf9f33#FCEFEC
40%#eeaf9f66#F8DFD9
60%#eeaf9f99#F5CFC5
80%#eeaf9fcc#F1BFB2

Gradients from #eeaf9f

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #F7DAD3, #eeaf9f 45%, #6C2513);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #eeaf9f, #E9E585);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eeaf9f, #9FDEEE);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FCF0ED 0%, #eeaf9f 45%, #6C2513 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF6F4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #F6CADB 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #F3E6B9 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #6C2513 0%, transparent 65%), #eeaf9f;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #eeaf9f

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#eeaf9f in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
Food and drinkEntertainmentRetailSport
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 11.27:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#eeaf9f, answered

What color is #eeaf9f?

#eeaf9f is a light vivid red, closest to Dark Salmon (ΔE2000 7.5). It sits at 12° on the hue wheel with 70% saturation and 78% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #eeaf9f?

rgb(238, 175, 159) — 238 red, 175 green and 159 blue out of 255, or 93.3% / 68.6% / 62.4% by channel.

What is #eeaf9f in HSL and HSV?

hsl(12, 70%, 78%) and hsv(12, 33%, 93%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #eeaf9f a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5134 and perceived brightness is 76%, so black text on it reaches 11.27:1.

Should I use black or white text on #eeaf9f?

Black. It scores 11.27:1 against #eeaf9f, versus 1.86:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #eeaf9f accessible on a white background?

#eeaf9f on white scores 1.86:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #CF4725 to reach 4.5:1, or #9B351B for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #eeaf9f?

#9FDEEE sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #9FEED6 and #9FB6EE, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #eeaf9f?

For interface work: #FAF6F4 as the surface, #EDC9C0 for borders, #9B5B4B for secondary text, #1BB1AA as an accent and #6C2513 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #EE9FB6 and #EED69F stays calm, while #9FDEEE is the loudest partner.

What is #eeaf9f in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 27%, 33%, 7%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #eeaf9f warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 10 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #EEBC9F; nudged cooler, #EF9EAB.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #eeaf9f?

The orange family — its 500 step is #f97316, ΔE2000 20.7 away. That is a visible difference, so define #eeaf9f as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #eeaf9f in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#eeaf9f] or text-[#eeaf9f], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #eeaf9f with 50% opacity?

rgba(238, 175, 159, 0.5), or #eeaf9f80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F7D7CF; over black, #775850.

Is #eeaf9f a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FF9999, ΔE2000 9.1 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #eeaf9f mean?

As a red, it reads urgent, appetising, bold. Red arrives before the rest of the page does. It raises attention and appetite, which is why it runs food, sport and clearance pricing. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #eeaf9f?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F7DAD3, #eeaf9f 45%, #6C2513). For more colour, a short hue run to #E9E585 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #eeaf9f in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #eeaf9f at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.