#EC6E60#EC6E60

#EC6E60 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.159 H 28.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC6E60
RGB	rgb(236, 110, 96)
HSL	hsl(6, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(6, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.4%, 59.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.51, 47.59, 31.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.51, 56.95, 33.32°)
OKLab	oklab(68.63% 0.1397 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(68.63% 0.159 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.2829, 29.8343, 14.5960)
Luminance	0.2983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC6E60 #60DEEC

analogous

#EC6098 #EC6E60 #ECB460

triadic

#EC6E60 #60EC6E #6E60EC

tetradic

#EC6E60 #98EC60 #60DEEC #B460EC

square

#EC6E60 #98EC60 #60DEEC #B460EC

split-complementary

#EC6E60 #60ECB4 #6098EC

monochromatic

#BB2716 #E53C29 #EC6E60 #F3A097 #F9D2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#EC6E60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#EC6E60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC6E60

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC6E60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC6E60	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D845E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9F5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF586B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec6e60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 110, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.159 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f89b8d',
    500: '#ec6e60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec6e60;
$custom-light: #f89b8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec6e60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6,
    "s": 78.652,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68633,
    "c": 0.15868,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC6E60

secondary

#BCE7EC

accent

#C6DB0B

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180E0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC6E60

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

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