#EC5579#EC5579

#EC5579 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.187 H 9.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5579
RGB	rgb(236, 85, 121)
HSL	hsl(346, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(346, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 48.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.77, 60.74, 11.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.77, 61.89, 11.05°)
OKLab	oklab(65.98% 0.1844 0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(65.98% 0.187 9.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.2951, 25.7155, 20.8745)
Luminance	0.2571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5579 #55ECC8

analogous

#EC55C5 #EC5579 #EC7C55

triadic

#EC5579 #79EC55 #5579EC

tetradic

#EC5579 #C5EC55 #55ECC8 #7C55EC

square

#EC5579 #C5EC55 #55ECC8 #7C55EC

split-complementary

#EC5579 #55EC7C #55C5EC

monochromatic

#B3143A #E61E4E #EC5579 #F28CA4 #F8C3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#EC5579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#EC5579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5579

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5579	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77787A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9675

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3D63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 85, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.187 9.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f88d9f',
    500: '#ec5579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5579;
$custom-light: #f88d9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.695,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65976,
    "c": 0.18694,
    "h": 9.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5579

secondary

#B3EADD

accent

#DCAA09

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FFF1F2

border

#D7CBCC

text

#180D0E

muted

#867E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5579

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

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