#EF856A#EF856A

#EF856A is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.136 H 35.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF856A
RGB	rgb(239, 133, 106)
HSL	hsl(12, 81%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(12, 56%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.4%, 55.6%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, 37.98, 32.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 49.93, 40.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% 0.1112 0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.136 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.5891, 36.1712, 18.1611)
Luminance	0.3617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF856A #6AD4EF

analogous

#EF6A92 #EF856A #EFC76A

triadic

#EF856A #6AEF85 #856AEF

tetradic

#EF856A #92EF6A #6AD4EF #C76AEF

square

#EF856A #92EF6A #6AD4EF #C76AEF

split-complementary

#EF856A #6AEFC7 #6A92EF

monochromatic

#C93A16 #E95833 #EF856A #F5B2A1 #FBE0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#EF856A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#EF856A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF856A

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF856A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF856A	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9467

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AB68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF737E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef856a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 133, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.136 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9aa95',
    500: '#ef856a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef856a;
$custom-light: #f9aa95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef856a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.18,
    "s": 80.606,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72684,
    "c": 0.13612,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF856A

secondary

#C6E7EF

accent

#B2DD09

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F1

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100D

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF856A

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

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