#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
RGBrgb(239, 138, 120)
HSLhsl(9, 79%, 70%)
HSVhsv(9, 50%, 94%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 42.3%, 49.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LABlab(67.94, 36.59, 26.40)
CIE-LCHlch(67.94, 45.11, 35.81°)
OKLaboklab(73.75% 0.1087 0.0654)
OKLCHoklch(73.75% 0.127 31.1)
XYZxyz(48.0783, 37.8884, 22.5468)
Luminance0.3788 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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Perceptual scales

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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
##EF8A781.002.458.588.58
#FFFFFF2.451.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5821.001.001.00
##0000008.5821.001.001.00

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

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#EF8A78 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva