#EF7979#EF7979

#EF7979 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.146 H 21.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF7979
RGB	rgb(239, 121, 121)
HSL	hsl(0, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(0, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 49.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.49, 45.30, 21.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.49, 50.02, 25.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% 0.1357 0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.146 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.8884, 33.4108, 22.1178)
Luminance	0.3341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF7979 #79EFEF

analogous

#EF79B4 #EF7979 #EFB479

triadic

#EF7979 #79EF79 #7979EF

tetradic

#EF7979 #B4EF79 #79EFEF #B479EF

square

#EF7979 #B4EF79 #79EFEF #B479EF

split-complementary

#EF7979 #79EFB4 #79B4EF

monochromatic

#D41919 #E84242 #EF7979 #F6B0B0 #FCE4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#EF7979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#EF7979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF7979

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF7979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF7979	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938D78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A677

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF687A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef7979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 121, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.146 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9a29f',
    500: '#ef7979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef7979;
$custom-light: #f9a29f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef7979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71126,
    "c": 0.14571,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF7979

secondary

#D2F2F2

accent

#DBDB0B

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#180F0E

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF7979

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

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