Amour `#EE5851`

Amour (#EE5851) is a mid-tone, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 26°, lightness 0.66 and chroma 0.186. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.

Color values

HEX	`#EE5851`
RGB	`rgb(238, 88, 81)`
HSL	`hsl(3, 82%, 63%)`
HSV	`hsv(3, 66%, 93%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 63%, 66%, 7%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(57.8 57.3 35.1)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.658 0.186 26)`

How Amour behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Amour is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.9), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #ef534a — ΔE 0.9, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #f2574e — ΔE 0.8, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #ee5851 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #ef5952 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged

Test Amour in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 3.41:1 and against black 6.15:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Amour

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#ffe3e0 · #ffa89f · #ee5851 · #c93e3a · #99181b · #650006

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#fb9d4e · #f77b47 · #ee5851 · #d14867 · #b03d74 · #8e3579

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#d1a96b · #ee5851 · #bf453f · #745000 · #77000a · #321f00

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#00ddf1 · #ee5851 · #8f6560 · #813833 · #5c1d1a · #320a09

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#dff7fa · #ee5851 · #8c6f6b · #3b4b4d · #2f1411 · #000304

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#e6f5f7 · #bccdcf · #8ea1a4 · #0f2a2d · #000709 · #ee5851

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#d4faff · #ee5851 · #008793 · #00525a · #002226 · #080000

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#d0dbb7 · #78afda · #ee5851 · #426d6a · #39473b · #180b03

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#dbfddc · #ee5851 · #2a8d3c · #1936a9 · #040065 · #000200

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#eff7cd · #ee5851 · #737f00 · #00525a · #260050 · #000304

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#F77369 · #FF8C81 · #FFA89E · #FFC1BA · #FFDAD5

Shades

#C9423D · #A52C29 · #821416 · #600006 · #3B0001

Muted

#DD6960 · #CB776F · #B8827C

Using Amour

Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.