#EF7972#EF7972

#EF7972 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.147 H 24.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF7972
RGB	rgb(239, 121, 114)
HSL	hsl(3, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(3, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 52.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, 44.69, 24.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 51.19, 29.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% 0.133 0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.147 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.4746, 33.2453, 19.9385)
Luminance	0.3324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF7972 #72E8EF

analogous

#EF72AA #EF7972 #EFB872

triadic

#EF7972 #72EF79 #7972EF

tetradic

#EF7972 #AAEF72 #72E8EF #B872EF

square

#EF7972 #AAEF72 #72E8EF #B872EF

split-complementary

#EF7972 #72EFB8 #72AAEF

monochromatic

#CF2218 #E9453B #EF7972 #F5ADA9 #FBE1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#EF7972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#EF7972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF7972

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF7972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF7972	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948D71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A570

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF6778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef7972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 121, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.147 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9a29a',
    500: '#ef7972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef7972;
$custom-light: #f9a29a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef7972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.36,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70981,
    "c": 0.14663,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF7972

secondary

#CCEFF1

accent

#D0DC0A

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#180F0E

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF7972

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

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