#EC5979#EC5979

#EC5979 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.182 H 10.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5979
RGB	rgb(236, 89, 121)
HSL	hsl(347, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(347, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.3%, 48.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.38, 59.08, 12.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.38, 60.43, 12.15°)
OKLab	oklab(66.44% 0.1792 0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(66.44% 0.182 10.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.6189, 26.3633, 20.9824)
Luminance	0.2636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5979 #59ECCC

analogous

#EC59C2 #EC5979 #EC8259

triadic

#EC5979 #79EC59 #5979EC

tetradic

#EC5979 #C2EC59 #59ECCC #8259EC

square

#EC5979 #C2EC59 #59ECCC #8259EC

split-complementary

#EC5979 #59EC82 #59C2EC

monochromatic

#B61538 #E6224D #EC5979 #F290A5 #F9C7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#EC5979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#EC5979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5979

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5979	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7A7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09776

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF4365

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 89, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.182 10.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f88f9f',
    500: '#ec5979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5979;
$custom-light: #f88f9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.939,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66435,
    "c": 0.18211,
    "h": 10.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5979

secondary

#B6EADF

accent

#DCAE0A

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FFF1F2

border

#D7CBCC

text

#180D0E

muted

#867E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5979

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

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