#EF856D#EF856D

#EF856D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.135 H 33.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF856D
RGB	rgb(239, 133, 109)
HSL	hsl(11, 80%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(11, 54%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.4%, 54.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, 38.22, 30.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 49.10, 38.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% 0.1123 0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.135 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.7478, 36.2347, 18.9971)
Luminance	0.3623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF856D #6DD7EF

analogous

#EF6D96 #EF856D #EFC66D

triadic

#EF856D #6DEF85 #856DEF

tetradic

#EF856D #96EF6D #6DD7EF #C66DEF

square

#EF856D #96EF6D #6DD7EF #C66DEF

split-complementary

#EF856D #6DEFC6 #6D96EF

monochromatic

#CB3816 #E95736 #EF856D #F5B3A4 #FBE1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#EF856D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#EF856D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF856D

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF856D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF856D	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F956B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AB6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF747F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef856d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 133, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.135 33.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9aa97',
    500: '#ef856d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef856d;
$custom-light: #f9aa97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef856d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.077,
    "s": 80.247,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72737,
    "c": 0.13513,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF856D

secondary

#C8E8F0

accent

#B6DD09

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#18100D

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF856D

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

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