#EF8A79#EF8A79

#EF8A79 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.127 H 30.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF8A79
RGB	rgb(239, 138, 121)
HSL	hsl(9, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(9, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.3%, 49.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.96, 36.68, 25.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.96, 44.88, 35.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% 0.109 0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.127 30.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.1393, 37.9128, 22.8681)
Luminance	0.3791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF8A79 #79DEEF

analogous

#EF79A3 #EF8A79 #EFC579

triadic

#EF8A79 #79EF8A #8A79EF

tetradic

#EF8A79 #A3EF79 #79DEEF #C579EF

square

#EF8A79 #A3EF79 #79DEEF #C579EF

split-complementary

#EF8A79 #79EFC5 #79A3EF

monochromatic

#D43419 #E85A42 #EF8A79 #F6BAB0 #FCE7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#EF8A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#EF8A79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF8A79

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF8A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF8A79	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)

#A29977

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAE77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef8a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 138, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.127 30.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8ad9f',
    500: '#ef8a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef8a79;
$custom-light: #f8ad9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef8a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.644,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73766,
    "c": 0.12655,
    "h": 30.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF8A79

secondary

#D2EDF2

accent

#BDDB0B

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#18100E

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF8A79

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

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