#EC6E59#EC6E59

#EC6E59 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.160 H 31.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC6E59
RGB	rgb(236, 110, 89)
HSL	hsl(9, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(9, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.4%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.40, 47.12, 35.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.40, 58.72, 36.63°)
OKLab	oklab(68.52% 0.1371 0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(68.52% 0.16 31.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.9749, 29.7111, 12.9737)
Luminance	0.2971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC6E59 #59D7EC

analogous

#EC598D #EC6E59 #ECB759

triadic

#EC6E59 #59EC6E #6E59EC

tetradic

#EC6E59 #8DEC59 #59D7EC #B759EC

square

#EC6E59 #8DEC59 #59D7EC #B759EC

split-complementary

#EC6E59 #59ECB7 #598DEC

monochromatic

#B62C15 #E63E22 #EC6E59 #F29E90 #F9CEC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#EC6E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#EC6E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC6E59

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC6E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC6E59	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9F56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF5669

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec6e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 110, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.160 31.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f89b88',
    500: '#ec6e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec6e59;
$custom-light: #f89b88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec6e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68518,
    "c": 0.16028,
    "h": 31.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC6E59

secondary

#B6E3EA

accent

#BEDC0A

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC6E59

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

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