#EF856F#EF856F

#EF856F is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.135 H 32.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF856F
RGB	rgb(239, 133, 111)
HSL	hsl(10, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(10, 54%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.4%, 53.6%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.73, 38.38, 29.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.73, 48.57, 37.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% 0.1131 0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.135 32.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.8567, 36.2783, 19.5706)
Luminance	0.3627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF856F #6FD9EF

analogous

#EF6F99 #EF856F #EFC56F

triadic

#EF856F #6FEF85 #856FEF

tetradic

#EF856F #99EF6F #6FD9EF #C56FEF

square

#EF856F #99EF6F #6FD9EF #C56FEF

split-complementary

#EF856F #6FEFC5 #6F99EF

monochromatic

#CD3617 #E95638 #EF856F #F5B4A6 #FBE2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#EF856F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#EF856F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF856F

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF856F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF856F	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	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)

#9F956D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AB6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7480

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef856f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 133, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.135 32.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9aa98',
    500: '#ef856f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef856f;
$custom-light: #f9aa98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef856f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.313,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72773,
    "c": 0.1345,
    "h": 32.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF856F

secondary

#CAE9F0

accent

#B8DC09

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#18100D

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF856F

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

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