#EF5259#EF5259

#EF5259 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.193 H 21.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF5259
RGB	rgb(239, 82, 89)
HSL	hsl(357, 83%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(357, 66%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 62.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.18, 60.55, 29.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.18, 67.51, 26.24°)
OKLab	oklab(65.43% 0.1789 0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(65.43% 0.193 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.4211, 25.1122, 12.1679)
Luminance	0.2511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF5259 #52EFE8

analogous

#EF52A7 #EF5259 #EF9952

triadic

#EF5259 #59EF52 #5259EF

tetradic

#EF5259 #A7EF52 #52EFE8 #9952EF

square

#EF5259 #A7EF52 #52EFE8 #9952EF

split-complementary

#EF5259 #52EF99 #52A7EF

monochromatic

#B61118 #EA1A23 #EF5259 #F48A8F #F9C2C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#EF5259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#EF5259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EF5259

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF5259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF5259	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7458

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF2C56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef5259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 82, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.193 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fc8b88',
    500: '#ef5259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef5259;
$custom-light: #fc8b88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef5259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.325,
    "s": 83.069,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6543,
    "c": 0.1926,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF5259

secondary

#B2EBE8

accent

#DFD606

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190D0B

muted

#877D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF5259

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

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