#EF5E61#EF5E61

#EF5E61 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.179 H 22.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF5E61
RGB	rgb(239, 94, 97)
HSL	hsl(359, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(359, 61%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.7%, 59.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.18, 56.05, 27.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.18, 62.58, 26.39°)
OKLab	oklab(66.97% 0.1661 0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(66.97% 0.179 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.7608, 27.2247, 14.3628)
Luminance	0.2722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF5E61 #5EEFEC

analogous

#EF5EA9 #EF5E61 #EFA45E

triadic

#EF5E61 #61EF5E #5E61EF

tetradic

#EF5E61 #A9EF5E #5EEFEC #A45EEF

square

#EF5E61 #A9EF5E #5EEFEC #A45EEF

split-complementary

#EF5E61 #5EEFA4 #5EA9EF

monochromatic

#C01317 #E9262A #EF5E61 #F59698 #FACDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#EF5E61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#EF5E61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EF5E61

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF5E61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF5E61	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827B60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79A5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF4260

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef5e61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 94, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.179 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fb918e',
    500: '#ef5e61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef5e61;
$custom-light: #fb918e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef5e61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.759,
    "s": 81.921,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66971,
    "c": 0.17923,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF5E61

secondary

#BCEDEC

accent

#DEDA07

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#190D0C

muted

#877E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF5E61

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

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