#EF8978#EF8978

#EF8978 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.128 H 30.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF8978
RGB	rgb(239, 137, 120)
HSL	hsl(9, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(9, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.7%, 49.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, 37.10, 26.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 45.37, 35.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% 0.1102 0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.128 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.9355, 37.6027, 22.4992)
Luminance	0.3760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF8978 #78DEEF

analogous

#EF78A3 #EF8978 #EFC478

triadic

#EF8978 #78EF89 #8978EF

tetradic

#EF8978 #A3EF78 #78DEEF #C478EF

square

#EF8978 #A3EF78 #78DEEF #C478EF

split-complementary

#EF8978 #78EFC4 #78A3EF

monochromatic

#D43419 #E95941 #EF8978 #F5B9AF #FCE7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#EF8978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#EF8978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF8978

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF8978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF8978	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19876

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAD76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef8978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 137, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.128 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8ad9f',
    500: '#ef8978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef8978;
$custom-light: #f8ad9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef8978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 78.808,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73584,
    "c": 0.12785,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF8978

secondary

#D1EDF2

accent

#BDDB0A

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#18100E

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF8978

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

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