#EC5E78#EC5E78

#EC5E78 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.176 H 12.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5E78
RGB	rgb(236, 94, 120)
HSL	hsl(349, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(349, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.2%, 49.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.16, 56.84, 14.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.16, 58.64, 14.21°)
OKLab	oklab(67.01% 0.172 0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(67.01% 0.176 12.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.9882, 27.1995, 20.8046)
Luminance	0.2719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5E78 #5EECD2

analogous

#EC5EBF #EC5E78 #EC8B5E

triadic

#EC5E78 #78EC5E #5E78EC

tetradic

#EC5E78 #BFEC5E #5EECD2 #8B5EEC

square

#EC5E78 #BFEC5E #5EECD2 #8B5EEC

split-complementary

#EC5E78 #5EEC8B #5EBFEC

monochromatic

#BA1634 #E6274A #EC5E78 #F295A6 #F9CBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#EC5E78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#EC5E78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5E78

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5E78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5E78	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7C78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29975

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF4968

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5e78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 94, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.176 12.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8929e',
    500: '#ec5e78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5e78;
$custom-light: #f8929e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5e78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.014,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67009,
    "c": 0.17586,
    "h": 12.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5E78

secondary

#BBEBE2

accent

#DBB50A

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FFF2F2

border

#D7CCCC

text

#180D0E

muted

#867E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5E78

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

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