#EF7879#EF7879

#EF7879 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.147 H 21.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF7879
RGB	rgb(239, 120, 121)
HSL	hsl(359, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(359, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.8%, 49.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.30, 45.79, 20.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.30, 50.35, 24.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% 0.1372 0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.147 21)
XYZ	xyz(45.7675, 33.1691, 22.0775)
Luminance	0.3316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF7879 #78EFEE

analogous

#EF78B4 #EF7879 #EFB278

triadic

#EF7879 #79EF78 #7879EF

tetradic

#EF7879 #B4EF78 #78EFEE #B278EF

square

#EF7879 #B4EF78 #78EFEE #B278EF

split-complementary

#EF7879 #78EFB2 #78B4EF

monochromatic

#D4191B #E94143 #EF7879 #F5AFAF #FCE4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#EF7879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#EF7879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF7879

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF7879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF7879	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938D78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A577

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF6779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef7879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 120, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.147 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9a29f',
    500: '#ef7879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef7879;
$custom-light: #f9a29f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef7879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.496,
    "s": 78.808,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70978,
    "c": 0.14692,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.33164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF7879

secondary

#D1F2F1

accent

#DBD90A

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#180F0E

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF7879

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

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