#EF856E#EF856E

#EF856E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.135 H 33.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF856E
RGB	rgb(239, 133, 110)
HSL	hsl(11, 80%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(11, 54%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.4%, 54%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, 38.30, 30.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 48.84, 38.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% 0.1127 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.135 33.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.8019, 36.2564, 19.2822)
Luminance	0.3625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF856E #6ED8EF

analogous

#EF6E97 #EF856E #EFC56E

triadic

#EF856E #6EEF85 #856EEF

tetradic

#EF856E #97EF6E #6ED8EF #C56EEF

square

#EF856E #97EF6E #6ED8EF #C56EEF

split-complementary

#EF856E #6EEFC5 #6E97EF

monochromatic

#CC3717 #E95737 #EF856E #F5B3A5 #FBE2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#EF856E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#EF856E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF856E

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF856E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF856E	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)

#9F956C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AB6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF747F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef856e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 133, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.135 33.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9aa98',
    500: '#ef856e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef856e;
$custom-light: #f9aa98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef856e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.698,
    "s": 80.124,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72754,
    "c": 0.13481,
    "h": 33.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF856E

secondary

#C9E9F0

accent

#B7DC09

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#18100D

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF856E

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

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