#EF9997#EF9997

#EF9997 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.104 H 21.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF9997
RGB	rgb(239, 153, 151)
HSL	hsl(1, 73%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(1, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 36.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.81, 31.97, 14.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.81, 35.12, 24.47°)
OKLab	oklab(76.91% 0.0968 0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(76.91% 0.104 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.5759, 43.3715, 34.8746)
Luminance	0.4337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF9997 #97EDEF

analogous

#EF97C1 #EF9997 #EFC597

triadic

#EF9997 #97EF99 #9997EF

tetradic

#EF9997 #C1EF97 #97EDEF #C597EF

square

#EF9997 #C1EF97 #97EDEF #C597EF

split-complementary

#EF9997 #97EFC5 #97C1EF

monochromatic

#DF312D #E76562 #EF9997 #F7CDCC #FBE5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#EF9997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#EF9997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF9997

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF9997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF9997	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB796

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef9997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 153, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.104 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6b8b5',
    500: '#ef9997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef9997;
$custom-light: #f6b8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef9997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.364,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76914,
    "c": 0.10386,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF9997

secondary

#D8F2F3

accent

#D1D510

background

#FFFBFB

surface

#FFF6F6

border

#D7D0D0

text

#171111

muted

#858080

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF9997

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

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