#EC5960#EC5960

#EC5960 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.182 H 20.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5960
RGB	rgb(236, 89, 96)
HSL	hsl(357, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(357, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.3%, 59.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.87, 57.15, 26.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.87, 63.03, 24.96°)
OKLab	oklab(65.89% 0.1697 0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(65.89% 0.182 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.2795, 25.8275, 13.9282)
Luminance	0.2582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5960 #59ECE5

analogous

#EC59A9 #EC5960 #EC9B59

triadic

#EC5960 #60EC59 #5960EC

tetradic

#EC5960 #A9EC59 #59ECE5 #9B59EC

square

#EC5960 #A9EC59 #59ECE5 #9B59EC

split-complementary

#EC5960 #59EC9B #59A9EC

monochromatic

#B6151C #E6222B #EC5960 #F29095 #F9C7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#EC5960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#EC5960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5960

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5960	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E785F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3975C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3C5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 89, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.182 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f98e8d',
    500: '#ec5960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5960;
$custom-light: #f98e8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.143,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6589,
    "c": 0.18156,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5960

secondary

#B6EAE8

accent

#DCD20A

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#190D0C

muted

#877E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5960

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

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