#EF8C8C#EF8C8C

#EF8C8C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.121 H 20.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF8C8C
RGB	rgb(239, 140, 140)
HSL	hsl(0, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(0, 41%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.4%, 41.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, 37.53, 16.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 40.95, 23.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% 0.1133 0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.121 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.7109, 39.0047, 29.7164)
Luminance	0.3900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF8C8C #8CEFEF

analogous

#EF8CBE #EF8C8C #EFBE8C

triadic

#EF8C8C #8CEF8C #8C8CEF

tetradic

#EF8C8C #BEEF8C #8CEFEF #BE8CEF

square

#EF8C8C #BEEF8C #8CEFEF #BE8CEF

split-complementary

#EF8C8C #8CEFBE #8CBEEF

monochromatic

#E02121 #E85656 #EF8C8C #F6C2C2 #FBE4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#EF8C8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#EF8C8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF8C8C

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF8C8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF8C8C	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09C8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AF8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF808D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef8c8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 140, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.121 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7afad',
    500: '#ef8c8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef8c8c;
$custom-light: #f7afad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef8c8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 75.573,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74499,
    "c": 0.12078,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF8C8C

secondary

#D8F3F3

accent

#D8D80E

background

#FFFAFA

surface

#FFF5F4

border

#D7CFCE

text

#181010

muted

#867F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF8C8C

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

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