#EF6255#EF6255

#EF6255 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.177 H 28.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF6255
RGB	rgb(239, 98, 85)
HSL	hsl(5, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(5, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 64.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.66, 53.53, 35.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.66, 64.07, 33.34°)
OKLab	oklab(67.27% 0.156 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(67.27% 0.177 28)
XYZ	xyz(41.6080, 27.7474, 11.7573)
Luminance	0.2774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF6255 #55E2EF

analogous

#EF5595 #EF6255 #EFAF55

triadic

#EF6255 #55EF62 #6255EF

tetradic

#EF6255 #95EF55 #55E2EF #AF55EF

square

#EF6255 #95EF55 #55E2EF #AF55EF

split-complementary

#EF6255 #55EFAF #5595EF

monochromatic

#B81F11 #EA2E1D #EF6255 #F4968D #FAC9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#EF6255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#EF6255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EF6255

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF6255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF6255	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877D53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF4560

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef6255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 98, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.177 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fb9485',
    500: '#ef6255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef6255;
$custom-light: #fb9485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef6255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.065,
    "s": 82.796,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67269,
    "c": 0.1767,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.27742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF6255

secondary

#B5E7EB

accent

#CDDF06

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#190D0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF6255

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

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