#EC7879#EC7879

#EC7879 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.143 H 20.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC7879
RGB	rgb(236, 120, 121)
HSL	hsl(359, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(359, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.2%, 48.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.88, 44.71, 20.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.88, 49.11, 24.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% 0.1341 0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.143 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.7628, 32.6510, 22.0304)
Luminance	0.3265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC7879 #78ECEB

analogous

#EC78B3 #EC7879 #ECB178

triadic

#EC7879 #79EC78 #7879EC

tetradic

#EC7879 #B3EC78 #78ECEB #B178EC

square

#EC7879 #B3EC78 #78ECEB #B178EC

split-complementary

#EC7879 #78ECB1 #78B3EC

monochromatic

#CD1D1E #E44244 #EC7879 #F4AEAE #FBE3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#EC7879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#EC7879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC7879

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC7879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC7879	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928C78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA477

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF6879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec7879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 120, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.143 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6a19f',
    500: '#ec7879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec7879;
$custom-light: #f6a19f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec7879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.483,
    "s": 75.325,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70574,
    "c": 0.14345,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC7879

secondary

#D0F0F0

accent

#D7D60E

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#180F0E

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC7879

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

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