#EF8A78#EF8A78
#EF8A78 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.127 H 31.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EF8A78 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(239, 138, 120) |
| HSL | hsl(9, 79%, 70%) |
| HSV | hsv(9, 50%, 94%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 42.3%, 49.8%, 6.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(67.94, 36.59, 26.40) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(67.94, 45.11, 35.81°) |
| OKLab | oklab(73.75% 0.1087 0.0654) |
| OKLCH | oklch(73.75% 0.127 31.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.0783, 37.8884, 22.5468) |
| Luminance | 0.3788 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Salmon
#FA8072
ΔE00 3.22
Peachy Pink
#FF9A8A
ΔE00 4.50
Salmon (survey)
#FF796C
ΔE00 4.77
Blush (survey)
#F29E8E
ΔE00 5.02
Darksalmon
#E9967A
ΔE00 5.06
Lightcoral
#F08080
ΔE00 6.01
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EF8A78 #78DDEF
analogous
#EF78A1 #EF8A78 #EFC678
triadic
#EF8A78 #78EF8A #8A78EF
tetradic
#EF8A78 #A1EF78 #78DDEF #C678EF
square
#EF8A78 #A1EF78 #78DDEF #C678EF
split-complementary
#EF8A78 #78EFC6 #78A1EF
monochromatic
#D43519 #E95B41 #EF8A78 #F5B9AF #FCE7E4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.45
#EF8A78 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.58
#EF8A78 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EF8A78
8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EF8A78 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EF8A78 | 1.00 | 2.45 | 8.58 | 8.58 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.45 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.58 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.58 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#A29976
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BAAE76
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF7B86
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ef8a78; /* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 138, 120); /* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.127 31.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f8ad9f',
500: '#ef8a78',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ef8a78; $custom-light: #f8ad9f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ef8a78",
"rgb": {
"r": 239,
"g": 138,
"b": 120
},
"hsl": {
"h": 9.076,
"s": 78.808,
"l": 70.392
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.73746,
"c": 0.12683,
"h": 31.1
},
"luminance": 0.37884
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EF8A78
secondary
#D1EDF2
accent
#BCDB0A
background
#FFFAF9
surface
#FFF4F2
border
#D7CECC
text
#18100E
muted
#867F7E