#EC5F59#EC5F59

#EC5F59 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.176 H 25.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5F59
RGB	rgb(236, 95, 89)
HSL	hsl(2, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(2, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.7%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.74, 54.08, 31.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.74, 62.69, 30.38°)
OKLab	oklab(66.5% 0.1588 0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(66.5% 0.176 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.4913, 26.7439, 12.4791)
Luminance	0.2674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5F59 #59E6EC

analogous

#EC599C #EC5F59 #ECA859

triadic

#EC5F59 #59EC5F #5F59EC

tetradic

#EC5F59 #9CEC59 #59E6EC #A859EC

square

#EC5F59 #9CEC59 #59E6EC #A859EC

split-complementary

#EC5F59 #59ECA8 #599CEC

monochromatic

#B61B15 #E62A22 #EC5F59 #F29490 #F9C9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#EC5F59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#EC5F59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5F59

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5F59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5F59	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837A57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF435F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5f59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 95, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.176 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f99288',
    500: '#ec5f59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5f59;
$custom-light: #f99288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5f59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.449,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66501,
    "c": 0.17589,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5F59

secondary

#B6E8EA

accent

#D3DC0A

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#190D0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5F59

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

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