#EC4949#EC4949

#EC4949 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.200 H 24.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#EC4949
RGBrgb(236, 73, 73)
HSLhsl(0, 81%, 61%)
HSVhsv(0, 69%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 69.1%, 69.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LABlab(55.16, 62.21, 36.39)
CIE-LCHlch(55.16, 72.07, 30.33°)
OKLaboklab(63.74% 0.1814 0.084)
OKLCHoklch(63.74% 0.2 24.8)
XYZxyz(38.1814, 23.0846, 8.7473)
Luminance0.2308 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#EC4949 #49ECEC
analogous
#EC499A #EC4949 #EC9A49
triadic
#EC4949 #49EC49 #4949EC
tetradic
#EC4949 #9AEC49 #49ECEC #9A49EC
square
#EC4949 #9AEC49 #49ECEC #9A49EC
split-complementary
#EC4949 #49EC9A #499AEC
monochromatic
#A91212 #E01717 #EC4949 #F28080 #F8B8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74
#EC4949 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62
#EC4949 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC4949
5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##EC4949#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##EC49491.003.745.625.62
#FFFFFF3.741.0021.0021.00
#0000005.6221.001.001.00
##0000005.6221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#776E47
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A09144
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF124B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ec4949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 73, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.200 24.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fb857c',
    500: '#ec4949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ec4949;
$custom-light: #fb857c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ec4949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63743,
    "c": 0.19988,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#EC4949
secondary
#A9E7E7
accent
#DDDD08
background
#FFF8F7
surface
#FFF0EE
border
#D7CBC9
text
#190C09
muted
#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC4949

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

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#EC4949 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva