#FF856B#FF856B

#FF856B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.154 H 33.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FF856B
RGB	rgb(255, 133, 107)
HSL	hsl(11, 100%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(11, 58%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.8%, 58%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, 44.06, 35.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 56.32, 38.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% 0.1286 0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.154 33.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.2855, 39.1024, 18.7011)
Luminance	0.3910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FF856B #6BE5FF

analogous

#FF6B9B #FF856B #FFCF6B

triadic

#FF856B #6BFF85 #856BFF

tetradic

#FF856B #9BFF6B #6BE5FF #CF6BFF

square

#FF856B #9BFF6B #6BE5FF #CF6BFF

split-complementary

#FF856B #6BFFCF #6B9BFF

monochromatic

#F02A00 #FF532E #FF856B #FFB7A8 #FFE6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#FF856B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#FF856B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FF856B

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FF856B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FF856B	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49868

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF707F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ff856b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 133, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.154 33.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffab96',
    500: '#ff856b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ff856b;
$custom-light: #ffab96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ff856b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.541,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74793,
    "c": 0.15384,
    "h": 33.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FF856B

secondary

#CFF0F7

accent

#BDE600

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#19100D

muted

#877F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FF856B

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

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