#EC6C59#EC6C59

#EC6C59 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.162 H 30.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC6C59
RGB	rgb(236, 108, 89)
HSL	hsl(8, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(8, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.2%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.03, 48.08, 34.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.03, 59.22, 35.72°)
OKLab	oklab(68.24% 0.14 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(68.24% 0.162 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.7616, 29.2844, 12.9025)
Luminance	0.2928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC6C59 #59D9EC

analogous

#EC598F #EC6C59 #ECB559

triadic

#EC6C59 #59EC6C #6C59EC

tetradic

#EC6C59 #8FEC59 #59D9EC #B559EC

square

#EC6C59 #8FEC59 #59D9EC #B559EC

split-complementary

#EC6C59 #59ECB5 #598FEC

monochromatic

#B62A15 #E63B22 #EC6C59 #F29D90 #F9CDC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#EC6C59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#EC6C59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC6C59

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC6C59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC6C59	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9E56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF5468

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec6c59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 108, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.162 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f89988',
    500: '#ec6c59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec6c59;
$custom-light: #f89988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec6c59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.755,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68235,
    "c": 0.16232,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC6C59

secondary

#B6E4EA

accent

#C1DC0A

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC6C59

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

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