#FC856F#FC856F

#FC856F is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.149 H 31.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FC856F
RGB	rgb(252, 133, 111)
HSL	hsl(9, 96%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(9, 56%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.2%, 56%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, 43.25, 32.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 54.02, 36.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% 0.127 0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.149 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.4056, 38.6238, 19.7838)
Luminance	0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FC856F #6FE6FC

analogous

#FC6F9F #FC856F #FCCB6F

triadic

#FC856F #6FFC85 #856FFC

tetradic

#FC856F #9FFC6F #6FE6FC #CB6FFC

square

#FC856F #9FFC6F #6FE6FC #CB6FFC

split-complementary

#FC856F #6FFCCB #6F9FFC

monochromatic

#EC2905 #FB5233 #FC856F #FDB8AB #FEE6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#FC856F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#FC856F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FC856F

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FC856F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FC856F	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2976D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB16D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7180

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fc856f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 133, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.149 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffaa98',
    500: '#fc856f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fc856f;
$custom-light: #ffaa98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fc856f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.362,
    "s": 95.918,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74464,
    "c": 0.14933,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FC856F

secondary

#D1F0F6

accent

#C2E600

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#19100D

muted

#877F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FC856F

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

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