#EF8C8A#EF8C8A

#EF8C8A is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.121 H 21.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF8C8A
RGB	rgb(239, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(1, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(1, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.4%, 42.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, 37.31, 17.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 41.19, 25.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% 0.1125 0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.121 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.5648, 38.9463, 28.9468)
Luminance	0.3894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF8C8A #8AEDEF

analogous

#EF8ABB #EF8C8A #EFBF8A

triadic

#EF8C8A #8AEF8C #8C8AEF

tetradic

#EF8C8A #BBEF8A #8AEDEF #BF8AEF

square

#EF8C8A #BBEF8A #8AEDEF #BF8AEF

split-complementary

#EF8C8A #8AEFBF #8ABBEF

monochromatic

#E0221F #E85754 #EF8C8A #F6C1C0 #FBE5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#EF8C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#EF8C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF8C8A

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF8C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF8C8A	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19C89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AF88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7F8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef8c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.121 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7afac',
    500: '#ef8c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef8c8a;
$custom-light: #f7afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef8c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.188,
    "s": 75.94,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74453,
    "c": 0.12097,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF8C8A

secondary

#D8F3F3

accent

#D4D80D

background

#FFFAFA

surface

#FFF5F4

border

#D7CFCE

text

#181010

muted

#867F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF8C8A

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

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