#EE856B#EE856B

#EE856B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.135 H 34.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE856B
RGB	rgb(238, 133, 107)
HSL	hsl(12, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(12, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 55%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.53, 37.68, 31.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.53, 49.23, 40.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% 0.1105 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.135 34.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.3046, 36.0185, 18.4208)
Luminance	0.3601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE856B #6BD4EE

analogous

#EE6B93 #EE856B #EEC66B

triadic

#EE856B #6BEE85 #856BEE

tetradic

#EE856B #93EE6B #6BD4EE #C66BEE

square

#EE856B #93EE6B #6BD4EE #C66BEE

split-complementary

#EE856B #6BEEC6 #6B93EE

monochromatic

#C83A17 #E85834 #EE856B #F4B2A2 #FBE0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#EE856B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#EE856B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE856B

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE856B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE856B	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)

#9F9469

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AA69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF737F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee856b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 133, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.135 34.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8aa95',
    500: '#ee856b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee856b;
$custom-light: #f8aa95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee856b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.908,
    "s": 79.394,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72572,
    "c": 0.13464,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE856B

secondary

#C6E7EF

accent

#B2DC0A

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#18100D

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE856B

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

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