#EC6179#EC6179

#EC6179 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.172 H 12.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC6179
RGB	rgb(236, 97, 121)
HSL	hsl(350, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(350, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.9%, 48.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.68, 55.61, 14.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.68, 57.47, 14.64°)
OKLab	oklab(67.41% 0.1682 0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(67.41% 0.172 12.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.3212, 27.7678, 21.2165)
Luminance	0.2776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC6179 #61ECD4

analogous

#EC61BF #EC6179 #EC8E61

triadic

#EC6179 #79EC61 #6179EC

tetradic

#EC6179 #BFEC61 #61ECD4 #8E61EC

square

#EC6179 #BFEC61 #61ECD4 #8E61EC

split-complementary

#EC6179 #61EC8E #61BFEC

monochromatic

#BC1733 #E52A4B #EC6179 #F398A7 #F9CED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#EC6179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#EC6179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC6179

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC6179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC6179	1.00	3.20	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807E79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39A76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF4D6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec6179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 97, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.172 12.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7939f',
    500: '#ec6179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec6179;
$custom-light: #f7939f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec6179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.64,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67406,
    "c": 0.17222,
    "h": 12.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC6179

secondary

#BDECE4

accent

#DBB70B

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FFF2F2

border

#D7CCCC

text

#180D0E

muted

#867E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC6179

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

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