#EE856A#EE856A

#EE856A is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.135 H 35.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE856A
RGB	rgb(238, 133, 106)
HSL	hsl(12, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(12, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 55.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, 37.60, 32.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 49.51, 40.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% 0.1101 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.135 35.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.2523, 35.9976, 18.1453)
Luminance	0.3599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE856A #6AD3EE

analogous

#EE6A91 #EE856A #EEC76A

triadic

#EE856A #6AEE85 #856AEE

tetradic

#EE856A #91EE6A #6AD3EE #C76AEE

square

#EE856A #91EE6A #6AD3EE #C76AEE

split-complementary

#EE856A #6AEEC7 #6A91EE

monochromatic

#C73B17 #E85833 #EE856A #F4B2A1 #FBDFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#EE856A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#EE856A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE856A

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE856A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE856A	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9467

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AA68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF737E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee856a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 133, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.135 35.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8aa95',
    500: '#ee856a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee856a;
$custom-light: #f8aa95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee856a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.273,
    "s": 79.518,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72555,
    "c": 0.13498,
    "h": 35.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE856A

secondary

#C5E6EF

accent

#B1DC0A

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F1

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100D

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE856A

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

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