Color

#ef253c

#ef253c
hex#ef253c
rgbrgb(239, 37, 60)
hslhsl(353, 86%, 54%)
oklchoklch(0.613 0.23 22.8)
Closest name: Barberry (#ee1133)Relative luminance 0.2

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#25efd7

#ef25a1 · #ef7225

#3cef25 · #253cef

Split-complementary

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#25ef72 · #25a1ef

#a1ef25 · #25efd7 · #7225ef

Contrast

#ef253c as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
4.2:1failpassfail
  • AA: use #e8112b as the text (4.62:1)
  • AAA: use #af0d20 as the text (7.24:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #0f0f0f (4.56:1)
Aaon black
5:1passpassfail
  • AAA: use #f46778 as the text (7.06:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #ef253c as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#ef253c reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #ef253c
live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #ef253c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/ef253c-c49c9c-62cb8c-2d241f-f1e9ee?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md