#EF8462#EF8462

#EF8462 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.140 H 38.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF8462
RGB	rgb(239, 132, 98)
HSL	hsl(14, 82%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(14, 59%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.8%, 59%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.32, 37.89, 36.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.32, 52.50, 43.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% 0.1097 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.14 38.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.0560, 35.7400, 16.0260)
Luminance	0.3574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF8462 #62CDEF

analogous

#EF6286 #EF8462 #EFCA62

triadic

#EF8462 #62EF84 #8462EF

tetradic

#EF8462 #86EF62 #62CDEF #CA62EF

square

#EF8462 #86EF62 #62CDEF #CA62EF

split-complementary

#EF8462 #62EFCA #6286EF

monochromatic

#C33E14 #E9582A #EF8462 #F5B09A #FADBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#EF8462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#EF8462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF8462

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF8462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF8462	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0935F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF717C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef8462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 132, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.140 38.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9a98f',
    500: '#ef8462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef8462;
$custom-light: #f9a98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef8462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.468,
    "s": 81.503,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72392,
    "c": 0.1399,
    "h": 38.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF8462

secondary

#BFE2EE

accent

#AADE08

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF8462

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

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