#EC5E79#EC5E79

#EC5E79 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.176 H 11.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5E79
RGB	rgb(236, 94, 121)
HSL	hsl(349, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(349, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.2%, 48.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.18, 56.93, 13.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.18, 58.59, 13.66°)
OKLab	oklab(67.03% 0.1724 0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(67.03% 0.176 11.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.0492, 27.2239, 21.1258)
Luminance	0.2722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5E79 #5EECD1

analogous

#EC5EC0 #EC5E79 #EC8A5E

triadic

#EC5E79 #79EC5E #5E79EC

tetradic

#EC5E79 #C0EC5E #5EECD1 #8A5EEC

square

#EC5E79 #C0EC5E #5EECD1 #8A5EEC

split-complementary

#EC5E79 #5EEC8A #5EC0EC

monochromatic

#BA1635 #E6274B #EC5E79 #F295A7 #F9CBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#EC5E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#EC5E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5E79

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5E79	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)

#7D7C79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29976

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF4968

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 94, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.176 11.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7929f',
    500: '#ec5e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5e79;
$custom-light: #f7929f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.592,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67033,
    "c": 0.17595,
    "h": 11.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5E79

secondary

#BBEBE2

accent

#DBB30A

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FFF2F2

border

#D7CCCC

text

#180D0E

muted

#867E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5E79

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

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