#EC494B#EC494B

#EC494B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.200 H 24.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC494B
RGB	rgb(236, 73, 75)
HSL	hsl(359, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(359, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 68.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.19, 62.30, 35.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.19, 71.60, 29.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.77% 0.1821 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(63.77% 0.2 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.2487, 23.1116, 9.1022)
Luminance	0.2311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC494B #49ECEA

analogous

#EC499C #EC494B #EC9849

triadic

#EC494B #4BEC49 #494BEC

tetradic

#EC494B #9CEC49 #49ECEA #9849EC

square

#EC494B #9CEC49 #49ECEA #9849EC

split-complementary

#EC494B #49EC98 #499CEC

monochromatic

#A91213 #E0171A #EC494B #F28082 #F8B8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#EC494B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#EC494B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC494B

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC494B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC494B	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)

#776E4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF134C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec494b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 73, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.200 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fb867d',
    500: '#ec494b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec494b;
$custom-light: #fb867d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec494b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.264,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63772,
    "c": 0.19965,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC494B

secondary

#A9E7E7

accent

#DDDB08

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC494B

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

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