#EF5656#EF5656

#EF5656 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.189 H 23.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF5656
RGB	rgb(239, 86, 86)
HSL	hsl(0, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(0, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 64%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.74, 58.76, 32.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.74, 67.03, 28.77°)
OKLab	oklab(65.83% 0.1727 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(65.83% 0.189 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.6082, 25.6838, 11.6214)
Luminance	0.2568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF5656 #56EFEF

analogous

#EF56A2 #EF5656 #EFA256

triadic

#EF5656 #56EF56 #5656EF

tetradic

#EF5656 #A2EF56 #56EFEF #A256EF

square

#EF5656 #A2EF56 #56EFEF #A256EF

split-complementary

#EF5656 #56EFA2 #56A2EF

monochromatic

#B91212 #EA1E1E #EF5656 #F48E8E #FAC6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#EF5656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#EF5656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EF5656

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF5656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF5656	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef5656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 86, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.189 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fc8d85',
    500: '#ef5656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef5656;
$custom-light: #fc8d85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef5656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65827,
    "c": 0.18883,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF5656

secondary

#B5EBEB

accent

#DFDF06

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190D0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF5656

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

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