#EC4A3E#EC4A3E

#EC4A3E is a light, highly saturated red. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.201 H 28.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC4A3E
RGB	rgb(236, 74, 62)
HSL	hsl(4, 82%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(4, 74%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 73.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.16, 61.35, 42.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.16, 74.64, 34.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% 0.1765 0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.201 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.9146, 23.0839, 7.0157)
Luminance	0.2308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC4A3E #3EE0EC

analogous

#EC3E89 #EC4A3E #ECA13E

triadic

#EC4A3E #3EEC4A #4A3EEC

tetradic

#EC4A3E #89EC3E #3EE0EC #A13EEC

square

#EC4A3E #89EC3E #3EE0EC #A13EEC

split-complementary

#EC4A3E #3EECA1 #3E89EC

monochromatic

#A01A10 #D82315 #EC4A3E #F17E76 #F7B3AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#EC4A3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#EC4A3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC4A3E

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC4A3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC4A3E	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)

#796E3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF1049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec4a3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 74, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.201 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fb8674',
    500: '#ec4a3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec4a3e;
$custom-light: #fb8674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec4a3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.138,
    "s": 82.075,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63698,
    "c": 0.2005,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC4A3E

secondary

#A0E1E5

accent

#EBF82F

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC4A3E

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

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