#EF856C#EF856C

#EF856C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.135 H 34.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF856C
RGB	rgb(239, 133, 108)
HSL	hsl(11, 80%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(11, 55%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.4%, 54.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.68, 38.14, 31.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.68, 49.37, 39.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% 0.1119 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.135 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.6943, 36.2133, 18.7152)
Luminance	0.3621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF856C #6CD6EF

analogous

#EF6C95 #EF856C #EFC66C

triadic

#EF856C #6CEF85 #856CEF

tetradic

#EF856C #95EF6C #6CD6EF #C66CEF

square

#EF856C #95EF6C #6CD6EF #C66CEF

split-complementary

#EF856C #6CEFC6 #6C95EF

monochromatic

#CB3816 #E95735 #EF856C #F5B3A3 #FBE1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#EF856C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#EF856C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF856C

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF856C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF856C	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)

#9F946A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AB6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF737F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef856c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 133, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.135 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9aa96',
    500: '#ef856c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef856c;
$custom-light: #f9aa96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef856c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.45,
    "s": 80.368,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72719,
    "c": 0.13545,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF856C

secondary

#C7E8EF

accent

#B4DD09

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#18100D

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF856C

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

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