#EF5856#EF5856

#EF5856 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.187 H 24.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF5856
RGB	rgb(239, 88, 86)
HSL	hsl(1, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(1, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.2%, 64%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.04, 57.93, 32.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.04, 66.49, 29.40°)
OKLab	oklab(66.06% 0.17 0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(66.06% 0.187 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.7701, 26.0076, 11.6754)
Luminance	0.2600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF5856 #56EDEF

analogous

#EF56A0 #EF5856 #EFA456

triadic

#EF5856 #56EF58 #5856EF

tetradic

#EF5856 #A0EF56 #56EDEF #A456EF

square

#EF5856 #A0EF56 #56EDEF #A456EF

split-complementary

#EF5856 #56EFA4 #56A0EF

monochromatic

#B91412 #EA211E #EF5856 #F48F8E #FAC6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#EF5856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#EF5856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EF5856

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF5856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF5856	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807755

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3659

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef5856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 88, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.187 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fc8e85',
    500: '#ef5856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef5856;
$custom-light: #fc8e85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef5856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.784,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66059,
    "c": 0.18679,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF5856

secondary

#B5EBEB

accent

#DCDF06

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190D0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF5856

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

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