#EE856F#EE856F

#EE856F is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.133 H 32.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE856F
RGB	rgb(238, 133, 111)
HSL	hsl(10, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(10, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 53.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, 38.00, 29.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 48.15, 37.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% 0.112 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.133 32.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.5199, 36.1046, 19.5548)
Luminance	0.3610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE856F #6FD8EE

analogous

#EE6F98 #EE856F #EEC46F

triadic

#EE856F #6FEE85 #856FEE

tetradic

#EE856F #98EE6F #6FD8EE #C46FEE

square

#EE856F #98EE6F #6FD8EE #C46FEE

split-complementary

#EE856F #6FEEC4 #6F98EE

monochromatic

#CB3718 #E85738 #EE856F #F4B3A6 #FBE2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#EE856F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#EE856F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE856F

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE856F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE856F	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	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)

#9F946D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AB6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7480

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee856f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 133, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.133 32.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8aa98',
    500: '#ee856f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee856f;
$custom-light: #f8aa98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee856f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.394,
    "s": 78.882,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72644,
    "c": 0.13335,
    "h": 32.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE856F

secondary

#C9E9F0

accent

#B7DB0A

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#18100D

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE856F

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

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