#EF856B#EF856B

#EF856B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.136 H 34.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF856B
RGB	rgb(239, 133, 107)
HSL	hsl(12, 80%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(12, 55%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.4%, 55.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.67, 38.06, 31.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.67, 49.65, 39.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% 0.1115 0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.136 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.6414, 36.1921, 18.4365)
Luminance	0.3619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF856B #6BD5EF

analogous

#EF6B93 #EF856B #EFC76B

triadic

#EF856B #6BEF85 #856BEF

tetradic

#EF856B #93EF6B #6BD5EF #C76BEF

square

#EF856B #93EF6B #6BD5EF #C76BEF

split-complementary

#EF856B #6BEFC7 #6B93EF

monochromatic

#CA3916 #E95734 #EF856B #F5B3A2 #FBE0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#EF856B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#EF856B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF856B

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF856B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF856B	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9469

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AB69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF737F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef856b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 133, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.136 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9aa95',
    500: '#ef856b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef856b;
$custom-light: #f9aa95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef856b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.818,
    "s": 80.488,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72701,
    "c": 0.13578,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF856B

secondary

#C7E7EF

accent

#B3DD09

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#18100D

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF856B

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

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