#EC6259#EC6259

#EC6259 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.173 H 26.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC6259
RGB	rgb(236, 98, 89)
HSL	hsl(4, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(4, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.25, 52.74, 32.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.25, 61.87, 31.52°)
OKLab	oklab(66.88% 0.1546 0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(66.88% 0.173 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.7667, 27.2948, 12.5709)
Luminance	0.2729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC6259 #59E3EC

analogous

#EC5999 #EC6259 #ECAB59

triadic

#EC6259 #59EC62 #6259EC

tetradic

#EC6259 #99EC59 #59E3EC #AB59EC

square

#EC6259 #99EC59 #59E3EC #AB59EC

split-complementary

#EC6259 #59ECAB #5999EC

monochromatic

#B61F15 #E62E22 #EC6259 #F29690 #F9CAC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#EC6259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#EC6259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC6259

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC6259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC6259	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857C57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89A56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF4761

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec6259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 98, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.173 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f99388',
    500: '#ec6259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec6259;
$custom-light: #f99388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec6259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.673,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66885,
    "c": 0.17272,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC6259

secondary

#B6E7EA

accent

#CFDC0A

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#190D0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC6259

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

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