#EE856D#EE856D

#EE856D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.134 H 33.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE856D
RGB	rgb(238, 133, 109)
HSL	hsl(11, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(11, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 54.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, 37.84, 30.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 48.68, 38.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% 0.1112 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.134 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.4110, 36.0611, 18.9813)
Luminance	0.3606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE856D #6DD6EE

analogous

#EE6D95 #EE856D #EEC66D

triadic

#EE856D #6DEE85 #856DEE

tetradic

#EE856D #95EE6D #6DD6EE #C66DEE

square

#EE856D #95EE6D #6DD6EE #C66DEE

split-complementary

#EE856D #6DEEC6 #6D95EE

monochromatic

#C93817 #E85736 #EE856D #F4B3A4 #FBE1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#EE856D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#EE856D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE856D

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE856D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE856D	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)

#9F946B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AA6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF747F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee856d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 133, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.134 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8aa97',
    500: '#ee856d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee856d;
$custom-light: #f8aa97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee856d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.163,
    "s": 79.141,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72608,
    "c": 0.13398,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE856D

secondary

#C8E8EF

accent

#B4DB0A

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#18100D

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE856D

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

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