#EC6959#EC6959

#EC6959 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.165 H 29.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC6959
RGB	rgb(236, 105, 89)
HSL	hsl(7, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(7, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.48, 49.50, 33.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.48, 60.00, 34.40°)
OKLab	oklab(67.82% 0.1445 0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(67.82% 0.165 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.4506, 28.6625, 12.7989)
Luminance	0.2866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC6959 #59DCEC

analogous

#EC5992 #EC6959 #ECB259

triadic

#EC6959 #59EC69 #6959EC

tetradic

#EC6959 #92EC59 #59DCEC #B259EC

square

#EC6959 #92EC59 #59DCEC #B259EC

split-complementary

#EC6959 #59ECB2 #5992EC

monochromatic

#B62615 #E63722 #EC6959 #F29B90 #F9CCC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#EC6959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#EC6959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC6959

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC6959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC6959	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8057

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9C56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF5066

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec6959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 105, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.165 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f99888',
    500: '#ec6959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec6959;
$custom-light: #f99888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec6959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.531,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67819,
    "c": 0.1654,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC6959

secondary

#B6E5EA

accent

#C5DC0A

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#190E0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC6959

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

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