#EC4B59#EC4B59

#EC4B59 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.197 H 19.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC4B59
RGB	rgb(236, 75, 89)
HSL	hsl(355, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(355, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.2%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.68, 62.32, 27.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.68, 68.25, 24.05°)
OKLab	oklab(64.21% 0.1849 0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(64.21% 0.197 19.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.9153, 23.5918, 11.9538)
Luminance	0.2359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC4B59 #4BECDE

analogous

#EC4BA9 #EC4B59 #EC8D4B

triadic

#EC4B59 #59EC4B #4B59EC

tetradic

#EC4B59 #A9EC4B #4BECDE #8D4BEC

square

#EC4B59 #A9EC4B #4BECDE #8D4BEC

split-complementary

#EC4B59 #4BEC8D #4BA9EC

monochromatic

#AB121F #E21829 #EC4B59 #F2828C #F8BABF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#EC4B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#EC4B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC4B59

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC4B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC4B59	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#767058

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF2051

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec4b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 75, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.197 19.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa8787',
    500: '#ec4b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec4b59;
$custom-light: #fa8787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec4b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.783,
    "s": 80.905,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64208,
    "c": 0.19658,
    "h": 19.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC4B59

secondary

#ABE8E2

accent

#DDCB08

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190C0B

muted

#877D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC4B59

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

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