#EC6859#EC6859
#EC6859 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.166 H 28.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EC6859 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 104, 89) |
| HSL | hsl(6, 79%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(6, 62%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 62.3%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(60.30, 49.97, 33.67) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(60.30, 60.26, 33.97°) |
| OKLab | oklab(67.68% 0.1459 0.08) |
| OKLCH | oklch(67.68% 0.166 28.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(41.3493, 28.4600, 12.7651) |
| Luminance | 0.2846 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Coral (survey)
#FC5A50
ΔE00 3.19
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 3.78
Coral Pink
#FF6163
ΔE00 4.89
Tomato
#FF6347
ΔE00 4.98
Orange Pink
#FF6F52
ΔE00 5.23
Salmon (survey)
#FF796C
ΔE00 5.34
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EC6859 #59DDEC
analogous
#EC5993 #EC6859 #ECB159
triadic
#EC6859 #59EC68 #6859EC
tetradic
#EC6859 #93EC59 #59DDEC #B159EC
square
#EC6859 #93EC59 #59DDEC #B159EC
split-complementary
#EC6859 #59ECB1 #5993EC
monochromatic
#B62515 #E63622 #EC6859 #F29A90 #F9CCC7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.14
#EC6859 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.69
#EC6859 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #EC6859
6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EC6859 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EC6859 | 1.00 | 3.14 | 6.69 | 6.69 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.14 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.69 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.69 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#8A8057
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AA9C56
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF4F65
Achromatopsia (no color)
#919191
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ec6859; /* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 104, 89); /* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.166 28.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f99788',
500: '#ec6859',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ec6859; $custom-light: #f99788; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ec6859",
"rgb": {
"r": 236,
"g": 104,
"b": 89
},
"hsl": {
"h": 6.122,
"s": 79.459,
"l": 63.725
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.67683,
"c": 0.16644,
"h": 28.7
},
"luminance": 0.28455
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EC6859
secondary
#B6E5EA
accent
#C6DC0A
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF2EF
border
#D7CCCA
text
#190E0B
muted
#877E7C