#EC4F59#EC4F59

#EC4F59 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.193 H 20.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC4F59
RGB	rgb(236, 79, 89)
HSL	hsl(356, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(356, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.5%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.24, 60.79, 28.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.24, 67.15, 25.15°)
OKLab	oklab(64.63% 0.18 0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(64.63% 0.193 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.1951, 24.1516, 12.0471)
Luminance	0.2415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC4F59 #4FECE2

analogous

#EC4FA8 #EC4F59 #EC934F

triadic

#EC4F59 #59EC4F #4F59EC

tetradic

#EC4F59 #A8EC4F #4FECE2 #934FEC

square

#EC4F59 #A8EC4F #4FECE2 #934FEC

split-complementary

#EC4F59 #4FEC93 #4FA8EC

monochromatic

#AE131D #E51926 #EC4F59 #F2868D #F8BDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#EC4F59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#EC4F59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC4F59

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC4F59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC4F59	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797258

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF2954

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec4f59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 79, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.193 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa8987',
    500: '#ec4f59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec4f59;
$custom-light: #fa8987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec4f59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.178,
    "s": 80.513,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64628,
    "c": 0.19257,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC4F59

secondary

#AEE8E5

accent

#DDCF09

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190C0B

muted

#877D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC4F59

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

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