#FF856F#FF856F

#FF856F is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.153 H 31.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FF856F
RGB	rgb(255, 133, 111)
HSL	hsl(9, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(9, 56%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.8%, 56.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, 44.35, 32.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 55.27, 36.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% 0.1301 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.153 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.5009, 39.1885, 19.8352)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FF856F #6FE9FF

analogous

#FF6FA1 #FF856F #FFCD6F

triadic

#FF856F #6FFF85 #856FFF

tetradic

#FF856F #A1FF6F #6FE9FF #CD6FFF

square

#FF856F #A1FF6F #6FE9FF #CD6FFF

split-complementary

#FF856F #6FFFCD #6FA1FF

monochromatic

#F42500 #FF5132 #FF856F #FFB9AC #FFE5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#FF856F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#FF856F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FF856F

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FF856F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FF856F	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3986D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B26D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ff856f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 133, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.153 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffab98',
    500: '#ff856f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ff856f;
$custom-light: #ffab98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ff856f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.167,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7486,
    "c": 0.15272,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FF856F

secondary

#D3F2F7

accent

#C2E600

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#19100D

muted

#877F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FF856F

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

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