#EC6E79#EC6E79

#EC6E79 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.156 H 16.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC6E79
RGB	rgb(236, 110, 121)
HSL	hsl(355, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(355, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.4%, 48.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.97, 49.59, 17.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.97, 52.66, 19.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.13% 0.1493 0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(69.13% 0.156 16.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.6224, 30.3701, 21.6502)
Luminance	0.3036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC6E79 #6EECE1

analogous

#EC6EB8 #EC6E79 #ECA26E

triadic

#EC6E79 #79EC6E #6E79EC

tetradic

#EC6E79 #B8EC6E #6EECE1 #A26EEC

square

#EC6E79 #B8EC6E #6EECE1 #A26EEC

split-complementary

#EC6E79 #6EECA2 #6EB8EC

monochromatic

#C61A29 #E53847 #EC6E79 #F3A4AB #FADADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#EC6E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#EC6E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC6E79

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC6E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC6E79	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8679

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99F76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF5C73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec6e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 110, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.156 16.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f79b9f',
    500: '#ec6e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec6e79;
$custom-light: #f79b9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec6e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.762,
    "s": 76.829,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69132,
    "c": 0.15585,
    "h": 16.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC6E79

secondary

#C7EEEB

accent

#D9C70C

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FFF2F2

border

#D7CCCC

text

#180E0E

muted

#867E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC6E79

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

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