#EF6561#EF6561

#EF6561 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.172 H 24.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF6561
RGB	rgb(239, 101, 97)
HSL	hsl(2, 82%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(2, 59%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 59.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.36, 52.93, 29.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.36, 60.52, 29.00°)
OKLab	oklab(67.86% 0.1563 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(67.86% 0.172 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.4118, 28.5265, 14.5797)
Luminance	0.2852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF6561 #61EBEF

analogous

#EF61A4 #EF6561 #EFAC61

triadic

#EF6561 #61EF65 #6561EF

tetradic

#EF6561 #A4EF61 #61EBEF #AC61EF

square

#EF6561 #A4EF61 #61EBEF #AC61EF

split-complementary

#EF6561 #61EFAC #61A4EF

monochromatic

#C21914 #E92F29 #EF6561 #F59B99 #FAD1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#EF6561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#EF6561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EF6561

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF6561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF6561	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877F60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9D5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF4B65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef6561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 101, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.172 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fb968e',
    500: '#ef6561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef6561;
$custom-light: #fb968e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef6561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.69,
    "s": 81.609,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67859,
    "c": 0.17158,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF6561

secondary

#BEECED

accent

#D8DE08

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#190E0C

muted

#877E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF6561

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

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