#EF9C8D#EF9C8D

#EF9C8D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.103 H 30.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF9C8D
RGB	rgb(239, 156, 141)
HSL	hsl(9, 75%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(9, 41%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.7%, 41%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.27, 29.26, 20.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.27, 35.83, 35.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.2% 0.0882 0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(77.2% 0.103 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.2952, 44.0548, 30.9433)
Luminance	0.4405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF9C8D #8DE0EF

analogous

#EF8DAF #EF9C8D #EFCD8D

triadic

#EF9C8D #8DEF9C #9C8DEF

tetradic

#EF9C8D #AFEF8D #8DE0EF #CD8DEF

square

#EF9C8D #AFEF8D #8DE0EF #CD8DEF

split-complementary

#EF9C8D #8DEFCD #8DAFEF

monochromatic

#E03F22 #E76D57 #EF9C8D #F7CBC3 #FBE8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#EF9C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#EF9C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF9C8D

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF9C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF9C8D	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA78C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B88C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef9c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 156, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.103 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7baae',
    500: '#ef9c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef9c8d;
$custom-light: #f7baae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef9c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.184,
    "s": 75.385,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77198,
    "c": 0.10257,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF9C8D

secondary

#D8EFF3

accent

#B9D80E

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF6F4

border

#D7D0CE

text

#171110

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF9C8D

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

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