#EC5259#EC5259

#EC5259 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.190 H 21.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5259
RGB	rgb(236, 82, 89)
HSL	hsl(357, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(357, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.3%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.68, 59.60, 29.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.68, 66.32, 26.02°)
OKLab	oklab(64.96% 0.1762 0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(64.96% 0.19 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4164, 24.5942, 12.1208)
Luminance	0.2459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5259 #52ECE5

analogous

#EC52A6 #EC5259 #EC9852

triadic

#EC5259 #59EC52 #5259EC

tetradic

#EC5259 #A6EC52 #52ECE5 #9852EC

square

#EC5259 #A6EC52 #52ECE5 #9852EC

split-complementary

#EC5259 #52EC98 #52A6EC

monochromatic

#B0131A #E61B24 #EC5259 #F2898E #F8C0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#EC5259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#EC5259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5259

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5259	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF2E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 82, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.190 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f98a88',
    500: '#ec5259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5259;
$custom-light: #f98a88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.273,
    "s": 80.208,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64956,
    "c": 0.18951,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5259

secondary

#B1E9E6

accent

#DDD309

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190C0B

muted

#877D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5259

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →