#EE856C#EE856C

#EE856C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.134 H 34.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE856C
RGB	rgb(238, 133, 108)
HSL	hsl(12, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(12, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 54.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, 37.76, 31.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 48.95, 39.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% 0.1108 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.134 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.3575, 36.0396, 18.6994)
Luminance	0.3604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE856C #6CD5EE

analogous

#EE6C94 #EE856C #EEC66C

triadic

#EE856C #6CEE85 #856CEE

tetradic

#EE856C #94EE6C #6CD5EE #C66CEE

square

#EE856C #94EE6C #6CD5EE #C66CEE

split-complementary

#EE856C #6CEEC6 #6C94EE

monochromatic

#C83917 #E85735 #EE856C #F4B3A3 #FBE0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#EE856C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#EE856C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE856C

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE856C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE856C	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F946A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AA6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF747F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee856c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 133, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.134 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8aa96',
    500: '#ee856c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee856c;
$custom-light: #f8aa96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee856c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.538,
    "s": 79.268,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7259,
    "c": 0.13431,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE856C

secondary

#C7E7EF

accent

#B3DC0A

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#18100D

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE856C

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

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