#EC5859#EC5859

#EC5859 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.183 H 23.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5859
RGB	rgb(236, 88, 89)
HSL	hsl(360, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(360, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.60, 57.12, 30.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.60, 64.64, 27.92°)
OKLab	oklab(65.65% 0.1684 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(65.65% 0.183 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.8888, 25.5390, 12.2783)
Luminance	0.2553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5859 #58ECEB

analogous

#EC58A3 #EC5859 #ECA158

triadic

#EC5859 #59EC58 #5859EC

tetradic

#EC5859 #A3EC58 #58ECEB #A158EC

square

#EC5859 #A3EC58 #58ECEB #A158EC

split-complementary

#EC5859 #58ECA1 #58A3EC

monochromatic

#B51516 #E62122 #EC5859 #F28F90 #F9C6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#EC5859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#EC5859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5859

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5859	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7658

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF385A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 88, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.183 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f98e88',
    500: '#ec5859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5859;
$custom-light: #f98e88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.595,
    "s": 79.57,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65645,
    "c": 0.18327,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5859

secondary

#B6EAEA

accent

#DCDA0A

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190D0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5859

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

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