#EF5956#EF5956

#EF5956 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.186 H 24.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF5956
RGB	rgb(239, 89, 86)
HSL	hsl(1, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(1, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 64%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.20, 57.51, 32.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.20, 66.22, 29.73°)
OKLab	oklab(66.18% 0.1687 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(66.18% 0.186 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.8527, 26.1729, 11.7030)
Luminance	0.2617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF5956 #56ECEF

analogous

#EF569F #EF5956 #EFA556

triadic

#EF5956 #56EF59 #5956EF

tetradic

#EF5956 #9FEF56 #56ECEF #A556EF

square

#EF5956 #9FEF56 #56ECEF #A556EF

split-complementary

#EF5956 #56EFA5 #569FEF

monochromatic

#B91512 #EA221E #EF5956 #F4908E #FAC7C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#EF5956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#EF5956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EF5956

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF5956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF5956	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF385A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef5956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 89, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.186 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fc8e85',
    500: '#ef5956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef5956;
$custom-light: #fc8e85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef5956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.176,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66176,
    "c": 0.18578,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF5956

secondary

#B5EAEB

accent

#DBDF06

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190D0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF5956

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

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