#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
RGB	rgb(236, 73, 73)
HSL	hsl(0, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(0, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 69.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.16, 62.21, 36.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.16, 72.07, 30.33°)
OKLab	oklab(63.74% 0.1814 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(63.74% 0.2 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.1814, 23.0846, 8.7473)
Luminance	0.2308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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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
##EC4949	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

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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