#EF4E45#EF4E45

#EF4E45 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.199 H 27.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF4E45
RGB	rgb(239, 78, 69)
HSL	hsl(3, 84%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(3, 71%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 71.1%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.32, 61.08, 40.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.32, 73.08, 33.30°)
OKLab	oklab(64.69% 0.1767 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(64.69% 0.199 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.3995, 24.2350, 8.2323)
Luminance	0.2423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF4E45 #45E6EF

analogous

#EF4591 #EF4E45 #EFA345

triadic

#EF4E45 #45EF4E #4E45EF

tetradic

#EF4E45 #91EF45 #45E6EF #A345EF

square

#EF4E45 #91EF45 #45E6EF #A345EF

split-complementary

#EF4E45 #45EFA3 #4591EF

monochromatic

#AB170F #E31F14 #EF4E45 #F4847D #F9B9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#EF4E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#EF4E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EF4E45

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF4E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF4E45	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF1D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef4e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 78, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.199 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fd8879',
    500: '#ef4e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef4e45;
$custom-light: #fd8879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef4e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.176,
    "s": 84.158,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64692,
    "c": 0.19886,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF4E45

secondary

#A7E5E8

accent

#D5E105

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF4E45

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

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