#EF6565#EF6565

#EF6565 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.171 H 22.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF6565
RGB	rgb(239, 101, 101)
HSL	hsl(0, 81%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(0, 58%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 57.7%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.43, 53.21, 27.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.43, 59.74, 27.03°)
OKLab	oklab(67.93% 0.1578 0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(67.93% 0.171 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.6030, 28.6030, 15.5869)
Luminance	0.2860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF6565 #65EFEF

analogous

#EF65AA #EF6565 #EFAA65

triadic

#EF6565 #65EF65 #6565EF

tetradic

#EF6565 #AAEF65 #65EFEF #AA65EF

square

#EF6565 #AAEF65 #65EFEF #AA65EF

split-complementary

#EF6565 #65EFAA #65AAEF

monochromatic

#C51414 #E92E2E #EF6565 #F59C9C #FBD4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#EF6565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#EF6565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EF6565

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF6565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF6565	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878064

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9D62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF4C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef6565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 101, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.171 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa9691',
    500: '#ef6565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef6565;
$custom-light: #fa9691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef6565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 81.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67932,
    "c": 0.17108,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF6565

secondary

#C2EEEE

accent

#DEDE08

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#190E0C

muted

#877E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF6565

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

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