#EF9596#EF9596

#EF9596 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.109 H 19.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF9596
RGB	rgb(239, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(359, 74%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(359, 38%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.7%, 37.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.91, 33.95, 13.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.91, 36.66, 22.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% 0.1028 0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.109 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.8513, 42.0517, 34.2341)
Luminance	0.4205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF9596 #95EFEE

analogous

#EF95C3 #EF9596 #EFC195

triadic

#EF9596 #96EF95 #9596EF

tetradic

#EF9596 #C3EF95 #95EFEE #C195EF

square

#EF9596 #C3EF95 #95EFEE #C195EF

split-complementary

#EF9596 #95EFC1 #95C3EF

monochromatic

#DF2B2D #E76061 #EF9596 #F7CACB #FBE4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#EF9596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#EF9596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF9596

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF9596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF9596	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A396

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB494

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef9596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.109 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b5b4',
    500: '#ef9596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef9596;
$custom-light: #f7b5b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef9596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.333,
    "s": 73.77,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76217,
    "c": 0.10886,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF9596

secondary

#D8F3F2

accent

#D6D410

background

#FFFBFB

surface

#FFF6F6

border

#D7D0D0

text

#171111

muted

#858080

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF9596

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

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