#EC2E01#EC2E01

#EC2E01 is a mid, highly saturated red. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.227 H 32.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC2E01
RGB	rgb(236, 46, 1)
HSL	hsl(11, 99%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(11, 100%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.5%, 99.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.60, 68.95, 64.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.60, 94.07, 42.87°)
OKLab	oklab(60.93% 0.1918 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(60.93% 0.227 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.5792, 19.7950, 1.9762)
Luminance	0.1979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC2E01 #01BFEC

analogous

#EC014A #EC2E01 #ECA301

triadic

#EC2E01 #01EC2E #2E01EC

tetradic

#EC2E01 #4AEC01 #01BFEC #A301EC

square

#EC2E01 #4AEC01 #01BFEC #A301EC

split-complementary

#EC2E01 #01ECA3 #014AEC

monochromatic

#721600 #AF2201 #EC2E01 #FE542C #FE8669

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#EC2E01 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#EC2E01 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC2E01

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC2E01	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC2E01	1.00	4.24	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8A00

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec2e01;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 46, 1);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.227 32.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ff7953',
    500: '#ec2e01',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec2e01;
$custom-light: #ff7953;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec2e01",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 1
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.489,
    "s": 99.156,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60929,
    "c": 0.22739,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC2E01

secondary

#66CBE3

accent

#D6FF29

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FFEEE9

border

#D7C9C5

text

#1B0A03

muted

#887C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC2E01

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

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