#EF6251#EF6251

#EF6251 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.177 H 29.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF6251
RGB	rgb(239, 98, 81)
HSL	hsl(6, 83%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(6, 66%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 66.1%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.60, 53.30, 37.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.60, 65.09, 35.03°)
OKLab	oklab(67.21% 0.1546 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(67.21% 0.177 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.4536, 27.6857, 10.9440)
Luminance	0.2768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF6251 #51DEEF

analogous

#EF518F #EF6251 #EFB151

triadic

#EF6251 #51EF62 #6251EF

tetradic

#EF6251 #8FEF51 #51DEEF #B151EF

square

#EF6251 #8FEF51 #51DEEF #B151EF

split-complementary

#EF6251 #51EFB1 #518FEF

monochromatic

#B52211 #EA2F19 #EF6251 #F49589 #F9C7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#EF6251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#EF6251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EF6251

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF6251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF6251	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877C4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF445F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef6251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 98, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.177 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fb9482',
    500: '#ef6251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef6251;
$custom-light: #fb9482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef6251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.456,
    "s": 83.158,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67209,
    "c": 0.17748,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF6251

secondary

#B1E4EA

accent

#C8E006

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#190D0A

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF6251

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

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