#EF8B79#EF8B79

#EF8B79 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.126 H 31.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF8B79
RGB	rgb(239, 139, 121)
HSL	hsl(9, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(9, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.8%, 49.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, 36.16, 26.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 44.63, 35.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% 0.1075 0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.126 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.2835, 38.2010, 22.9161)
Luminance	0.3820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF8B79 #79DDEF

analogous

#EF79A2 #EF8B79 #EFC679

triadic

#EF8B79 #79EF8B #8B79EF

tetradic

#EF8B79 #A2EF79 #79DDEF #C679EF

square

#EF8B79 #A2EF79 #79DDEF #C679EF

split-complementary

#EF8B79 #79EFC6 #79A2EF

monochromatic

#D43619 #E85C42 #EF8B79 #F6BAB0 #FCE7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#EF8B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#EF8B79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF8B79

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF8B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF8B79	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39977

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAE77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef8b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 139, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.126 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8ae9f',
    500: '#ef8b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef8b79;
$custom-light: #f8ae9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef8b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.153,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73928,
    "c": 0.12553,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF8B79

secondary

#D2EDF2

accent

#BBDB0B

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#18100E

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF8B79

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

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