#EF6259#EF6259

#EF6259 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.176 H 26.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF6259
RGB	rgb(239, 98, 89)
HSL	hsl(4, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(4, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 62.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.72, 53.77, 33.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.72, 63.11, 31.57°)
OKLab	oklab(67.33% 0.1575 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(67.33% 0.176 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.7714, 27.8128, 12.6180)
Luminance	0.2781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF6259 #59E6EF

analogous

#EF599B #EF6259 #EFAD59

triadic

#EF6259 #59EF62 #6259EF

tetradic

#EF6259 #9BEF59 #59E6EF #AD59EF

square

#EF6259 #9BEF59 #59E6EF #AD59EF

split-complementary

#EF6259 #59EFAD #599BEF

monochromatic

#BC1C12 #EA2D21 #EF6259 #F49791 #FACCC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#EF6259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#EF6259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EF6259

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF6259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF6259	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867D57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF4661

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef6259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 98, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.176 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fb9488',
    500: '#ef6259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef6259;
$custom-light: #fb9488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef6259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.6,
    "s": 82.418,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67333,
    "c": 0.176,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF6259

secondary

#B8E9EC

accent

#D2DF07

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#190D0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF6259

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

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