#EF5257#EF5257

#EF5257 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.193 H 22.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF5257
RGB	rgb(239, 82, 87)
HSL	hsl(358, 83%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(358, 66%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 63.6%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.15, 60.44, 30.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.15, 67.90, 27.12°)
OKLab	oklab(65.4% 0.1782 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(65.4% 0.193 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.3383, 25.0791, 11.7316)
Luminance	0.2507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF5257 #52EFEA

analogous

#EF52A6 #EF5257 #EF9B52

triadic

#EF5257 #57EF52 #5257EF

tetradic

#EF5257 #A6EF52 #52EFEA #9B52EF

square

#EF5257 #A6EF52 #52EFEA #9B52EF

split-complementary

#EF5257 #52EF9B #52A6EF

monochromatic

#B61116 #EA1A21 #EF5257 #F48A8D #F9C2C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#EF5257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#EF5257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EF5257

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF5257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF5257	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7456

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39653

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF2C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef5257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 82, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.193 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fc8b86',
    500: '#ef5257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef5257;
$custom-light: #fc8b86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef5257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.089,
    "s": 83.069,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65395,
    "c": 0.19278,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF5257

secondary

#B2EBE9

accent

#DFD906

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190C0B

muted

#877D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF5257

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

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