#EF8979#EF8979

#EF8979 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.128 H 29.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF8979
RGB	rgb(239, 137, 121)
HSL	hsl(8, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(8, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.7%, 49.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.74, 37.19, 25.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.74, 45.14, 34.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% 0.1106 0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.128 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.9965, 37.6271, 22.8205)
Luminance	0.3762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF8979 #79DFEF

analogous

#EF79A4 #EF8979 #EFC479

triadic

#EF8979 #79EF89 #8979EF

tetradic

#EF8979 #A4EF79 #79DFEF #C479EF

square

#EF8979 #A4EF79 #79DFEF #C479EF

split-complementary

#EF8979 #79EFC4 #79A4EF

monochromatic

#D43319 #E85942 #EF8979 #F6B9B0 #FCE7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#EF8979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#EF8979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF8979

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF8979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF8979	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)

#A19877

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAD77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef8979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 137, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.128 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8ad9f',
    500: '#ef8979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef8979;
$custom-light: #f8ad9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef8979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.136,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73604,
    "c": 0.12758,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF8979

secondary

#D2EEF2

accent

#BFDB0B

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#18100E

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF8979

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

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