#EF5959#EF5959

#EF5959 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.185 H 23.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF5959
RGB	rgb(239, 89, 89)
HSL	hsl(0, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(0, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 62.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.25, 57.69, 31.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.25, 65.58, 28.40°)
OKLab	oklab(66.23% 0.1698 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(66.23% 0.185 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.9762, 26.2223, 12.3529)
Luminance	0.2622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF5959 #59EFEF

analogous

#EF59A4 #EF5959 #EFA459

triadic

#EF5959 #59EF59 #5959EF

tetradic

#EF5959 #A4EF59 #59EFEF #A459EF

square

#EF5959 #A4EF59 #59EFEF #A459EF

split-complementary

#EF5959 #59EFA4 #59A4EF

monochromatic

#BC1212 #EA2121 #EF5959 #F49191 #FAC9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#EF5959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#EF5959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EF5959

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF5959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF5959	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807858

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF385B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef5959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 89, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.185 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fb8e88',
    500: '#ef5959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef5959;
$custom-light: #fb8e88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef5959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 82.418,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66226,
    "c": 0.1854,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF5959

secondary

#B8ECEC

accent

#DFDF07

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190D0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF5959

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

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