#EF5249#EF5249

#EF5249 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.195 H 27.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF5249
RGB	rgb(239, 82, 73)
HSL	hsl(3, 84%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(3, 69%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 69.5%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.95, 59.69, 38.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.95, 71.10, 32.91°)
OKLab	oklab(65.18% 0.1731 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(65.18% 0.195 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.8207, 24.8721, 9.0060)
Luminance	0.2487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF5249 #49E6EF

analogous

#EF4993 #EF5249 #EFA549

triadic

#EF5249 #49EF52 #5249EF

tetradic

#EF5249 #93EF49 #49E6EF #A549EF

square

#EF5249 #93EF49 #49E6EF #A549EF

split-complementary

#EF5249 #49EFA5 #4993EF

monochromatic

#AE180F #E72014 #EF5249 #F48781 #F9BDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#EF5249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#EF5249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EF5249

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF5249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF5249	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7347

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF2751

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef5249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 82, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.195 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fd8a7c',
    500: '#ef5249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef5249;
$custom-light: #fd8a7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef5249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.253,
    "s": 83.838,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65179,
    "c": 0.19453,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF5249

secondary

#ABE6E9

accent

#D4E005

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF5249

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

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