#EC6D59#EC6D59

#EC6D59 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.161 H 30.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC6D59
RGB	rgb(236, 109, 89)
HSL	hsl(8, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(8, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.22, 47.60, 34.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.22, 58.97, 36.17°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% 0.1386 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.161 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.8676, 29.4965, 12.9379)
Luminance	0.2949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC6D59 #59D8EC

analogous

#EC598E #EC6D59 #ECB659

triadic

#EC6D59 #59EC6D #6D59EC

tetradic

#EC6D59 #8EEC59 #59D8EC #B659EC

square

#EC6D59 #8EEC59 #59D8EC #B659EC

split-complementary

#EC6D59 #59ECB6 #598EEC

monochromatic

#B62B15 #E63D22 #EC6D59 #F29D90 #F9CEC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#EC6D59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#EC6D59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC6D59

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC6D59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC6D59	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9E56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF5569

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec6d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 109, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.161 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f89a88',
    500: '#ec6d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec6d59;
$custom-light: #f89a88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec6d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.163,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68376,
    "c": 0.16129,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC6D59

secondary

#B6E3EA

accent

#BFDC0A

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC6D59

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

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