#EF9799#EF9799

#EF9799 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.106 H 18.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF9799
RGB	rgb(239, 151, 153)
HSL	hsl(359, 73%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(359, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 36%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, 33.25, 12.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 35.66, 21.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% 0.1008 0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.106 18.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.4151, 42.7879, 35.6291)
Luminance	0.4278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF9799 #97EFED

analogous

#EF97C5 #EF9799 #EFC197

triadic

#EF9799 #99EF97 #9799EF

tetradic

#EF9799 #C5EF97 #97EFED #C197EF

square

#EF9799 #C5EF97 #97EFED #C197EF

split-complementary

#EF9799 #97EFC1 #97C5EF

monochromatic

#DF2D31 #E76265 #EF9799 #F7CCCD #FBE4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#EF9799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#EF9799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF9799

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF9799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF9799	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB697

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef9799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 151, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.106 18.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6b6b7',
    500: '#ef9799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef9799;
$custom-light: #f6b6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef9799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.636,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76625,
    "c": 0.10618,
    "h": 18.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF9799

secondary

#D8F3F2

accent

#D5D110

background

#FFFBFB

surface

#FFF6F6

border

#D7D0D0

text

#171111

muted

#858080

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF9799

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

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