#EC5E68#EC5E68
#EC5E68 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.175 H 19.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EC5E68 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 94, 104) |
| HSL | hsl(356, 79%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(356, 60%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 60.2%, 55.9%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(58.83, 55.55, 23.23) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(58.83, 60.21, 22.69°) |
| OKLab | oklab(66.65% 0.1659 0.0573) |
| OKLCH | oklch(66.65% 0.176 19.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(41.0971, 26.8430, 16.1111) |
| Luminance | 0.2684 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 4.09
Coral Pink
#FF6163
ΔE00 4.56
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 5.08
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 5.74
Reddish Pink
#FE2C54
ΔE00 6.07
Indianred
#CD5C5C
ΔE00 6.18
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EC5E68 #5EECE2
analogous
#EC5EAF #EC5E68 #EC9B5E
triadic
#EC5E68 #68EC5E #5E68EC
tetradic
#EC5E68 #AFEC5E #5EECE2 #9B5EEC
square
#EC5E68 #AFEC5E #5EECE2 #9B5EEC
split-complementary
#EC5E68 #5EEC9B #5EAFEC
monochromatic
#BA1621 #E62735 #EC5E68 #F2959B #F9CBCF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.30
#EC5E68 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.37
#EC5E68 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #EC5E68
6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EC5E68 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EC5E68 | 1.00 | 3.30 | 6.37 | 6.37 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.30 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.37 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.37 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#807B67
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A49965
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF4562
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8D8D8D
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ec5e68; /* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 94, 104); /* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.175 19.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f89193',
500: '#ec5e68',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ec5e68; $custom-light: #f89193; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ec5e68",
"rgb": {
"r": 236,
"g": 94,
"b": 104
},
"hsl": {
"h": 355.775,
"s": 78.889,
"l": 64.706
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.66654,
"c": 0.1755,
"h": 19.1
},
"luminance": 0.26838
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EC5E68
secondary
#BBEBE8
accent
#DBCC0A
background
#FFF9F9
surface
#FFF2F1
border
#D7CCCB
text
#180D0D
muted
#867E7E