#EC4E59#EC4E59

#EC4E59 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.194 H 20.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC4E59
RGB	rgb(236, 78, 89)
HSL	hsl(356, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(356, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.10, 61.18, 28.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.10, 67.43, 24.87°)
OKLab	oklab(64.52% 0.1812 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(64.52% 0.194 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.1236, 24.0084, 12.0232)
Luminance	0.2400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC4E59 #4EECE1

analogous

#EC4EA8 #EC4E59 #EC924E

triadic

#EC4E59 #59EC4E #4E59EC

tetradic

#EC4E59 #A8EC4E #4EECE1 #924EEC

square

#EC4E59 #A8EC4E #4EECE1 #924EEC

split-complementary

#EC4E59 #4EEC92 #4EA8EC

monochromatic

#AD131D #E41927 #EC4E59 #F2858D #F8BDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#EC4E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#EC4E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC4E59

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC4E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC4E59	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787158

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF2753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec4e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 78, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.194 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa8887',
    500: '#ec4e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec4e59;
$custom-light: #fa8887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec4e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.823,
    "s": 80.612,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64521,
    "c": 0.19358,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC4E59

secondary

#AEE8E4

accent

#DDCE09

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190C0B

muted

#877D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC4E59

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

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