#EC5E59#EC5E59

#EC5E59 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.177 H 25.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5E59
RGB	rgb(236, 94, 89)
HSL	hsl(2, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(2, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.2%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.57, 54.52, 31.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.57, 62.97, 30.01°)
OKLab	oklab(66.38% 0.1602 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(66.38% 0.177 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.4018, 26.5649, 12.4493)
Luminance	0.2656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5E59 #59E7EC

analogous

#EC599D #EC5E59 #ECA759

triadic

#EC5E59 #59EC5E #5E59EC

tetradic

#EC5E59 #9DEC59 #59E7EC #A759EC

square

#EC5E59 #9DEC59 #59E7EC #A759EC

split-complementary

#EC5E59 #59ECA7 #599DEC

monochromatic

#B61A15 #E62922 #EC5E59 #F29390 #F9C9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#EC5E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#EC5E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5E59

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5E59	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827A58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF415E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 94, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.177 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f99188',
    500: '#ec5e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5e59;
$custom-light: #f99188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.041,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66375,
    "c": 0.17695,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5E59

secondary

#B6E9EA

accent

#D5DC0A

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190D0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5E59

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

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