#EF9172#EF9172

#EF9172 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.122 H 39.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF9172
RGB	rgb(239, 145, 114)
HSL	hsl(15, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(15, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.3%, 52.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, 32.42, 31.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 45.22, 44.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% 0.0952 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.122 39)
XYZ	xyz(48.7624, 39.8209, 21.0344)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF9172 #72D0EF

analogous

#EF7292 #EF9172 #EFD072

triadic

#EF9172 #72EF91 #9172EF

tetradic

#EF9172 #92EF72 #72D0EF #D072EF

square

#EF9172 #92EF72 #72D0EF #D072EF

split-complementary

#EF9172 #72EFD0 #7292EF

monochromatic

#CF4518 #E9663B #EF9172 #F5BCA9 #FBE7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#EF9172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#EF9172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF9172

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF9172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF9172	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99D6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB171

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef9172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 145, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.122 39.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b29b',
    500: '#ef9172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef9172;
$custom-light: #f8b29b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef9172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.88,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7479,
    "c": 0.12246,
    "h": 39
  },
  "luminance": 0.39816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF9172

secondary

#CCE8F1

accent

#A8DC0A

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110E

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF9172

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

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