#EC494C#EC494C

#EC494C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.200 H 23.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC494C
RGB	rgb(236, 73, 76)
HSL	hsl(359, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(359, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 67.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.20, 62.35, 34.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.20, 71.37, 29.12°)
OKLab	oklab(63.79% 0.1825 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(63.79% 0.2 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.2832, 23.1254, 9.2839)
Luminance	0.2312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC494C #49ECE9

analogous

#EC499D #EC494C #EC9849

triadic

#EC494C #4CEC49 #494CEC

tetradic

#EC494C #9DEC49 #49ECE9 #9849EC

square

#EC494C #9DEC49 #49ECE9 #9849EC

split-complementary

#EC494C #49EC98 #499DEC

monochromatic

#A91214 #E0171B #EC494C #F28082 #F8B8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#EC494C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#EC494C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC494C

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC494C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC494C	1.00	3.73	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.73	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)

#776E4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF144C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec494c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 73, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.200 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa867e',
    500: '#ec494c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec494c;
$custom-light: #fa867e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec494c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.896,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63787,
    "c": 0.19954,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC494C

secondary

#A9E7E6

accent

#DDDA08

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC494C

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

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