#EF8261#EF8261

#EF8261 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.142 H 37.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF8261
RGB	rgb(239, 130, 97)
HSL	hsl(14, 82%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(14, 59%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.6%, 59.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.89, 38.84, 36.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.89, 53.19, 43.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% 0.1125 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.142 37.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.7405, 35.1840, 15.6893)
Luminance	0.3518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF8261 #61CEEF

analogous

#EF6187 #EF8261 #EFC961

triadic

#EF8261 #61EF82 #8261EF

tetradic

#EF8261 #87EF61 #61CEEF #C961EF

square

#EF8261 #87EF61 #61CEEF #C961EF

split-complementary

#EF8261 #61EFC9 #6187EF

monochromatic

#C23C14 #E95629 #EF8261 #F5AE99 #FADAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#EF8261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#EF8261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF8261

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF8261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF8261	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E925E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A95F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF6F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef8261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 130, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.142 37.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9a88e',
    500: '#ef8261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef8261;
$custom-light: #f9a88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef8261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.944,
    "s": 81.609,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72059,
    "c": 0.14204,
    "h": 37.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF8261

secondary

#BEE2ED

accent

#ACDE08

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF8261

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

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