#EE856E#EE856E

#EE856E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.134 H 33.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE856E
RGB	rgb(238, 133, 110)
HSL	hsl(11, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(11, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 53.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.58, 37.92, 30.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.58, 48.42, 38.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% 0.1116 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.134 33.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.4652, 36.0827, 19.2664)
Luminance	0.3608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE856E #6ED7EE

analogous

#EE6E97 #EE856E #EEC56E

triadic

#EE856E #6EEE85 #856EEE

tetradic

#EE856E #97EE6E #6ED7EE #C56EEE

square

#EE856E #97EE6E #6ED7EE #C56EEE

split-complementary

#EE856E #6EEEC5 #6E97EE

monochromatic

#CA3818 #E85737 #EE856E #F4B3A5 #FBE1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#EE856E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#EE856E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE856E

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE856E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE856E	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F946C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AA6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF747F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee856e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 133, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.134 33.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8aa98',
    500: '#ee856e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee856e;
$custom-light: #f8aa98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee856e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.781,
    "s": 79.012,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72626,
    "c": 0.13366,
    "h": 33.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE856E

secondary

#C8E8EF

accent

#B6DB0A

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#18100D

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE856E

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

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