#EC4D59#EC4D59

#EC4D59 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.195 H 20.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC4D59
RGB	rgb(236, 77, 89)
HSL	hsl(355, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(355, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.95, 61.56, 28.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.95, 67.70, 24.59°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% 0.1825 0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.195 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.0530, 23.8674, 11.9997)
Luminance	0.2386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC4D59 #4DECE0

analogous

#EC4DA9 #EC4D59 #EC914D

triadic

#EC4D59 #59EC4D #4D59EC

tetradic

#EC4D59 #A9EC4D #4DECE0 #914DEC

square

#EC4D59 #A9EC4D #4DECE0 #914DEC

split-complementary

#EC4D59 #4DEC91 #4DA9EC

monochromatic

#AC121E #E41828 #EC4D59 #F2848D #F8BCC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#EC4D59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#EC4D59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC4D59

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC4D59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC4D59	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777158

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF2453

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec4d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 77, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.195 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa8887',
    500: '#ec4d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec4d59;
$custom-light: #fa8887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec4d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.472,
    "s": 80.711,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64415,
    "c": 0.19458,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC4D59

secondary

#ADE8E4

accent

#DDCD08

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190C0B

muted

#877D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC4D59

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

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