#EC4A4C#EC4A4C

#EC4A4C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.199 H 24.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC4A4C
RGB	rgb(236, 74, 76)
HSL	hsl(359, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(359, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 67.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.34, 61.98, 34.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.34, 71.13, 29.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.89% 0.1813 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(63.89% 0.199 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.3495, 23.2578, 9.3060)
Luminance	0.2325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC4A4C #4AECEA

analogous

#EC4A9D #EC4A4C #EC994A

triadic

#EC4A4C #4CEC4A #4A4CEC

tetradic

#EC4A4C #9DEC4A #4AECEA #994AEC

square

#EC4A4C #9DEC4A #4AECEA #994AEC

split-complementary

#EC4A4C #4AEC99 #4A9DEC

monochromatic

#AA1214 #E1181A #EC4A4C #F28183 #F8B9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#EC4A4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#EC4A4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC4A4C

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC4A4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC4A4C	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776E4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF174D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec4a4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 74, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.199 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa867e',
    500: '#ec4a4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec4a4c;
$custom-light: #fa867e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec4a4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.259,
    "s": 81,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63889,
    "c": 0.19861,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC4A4C

secondary

#AAE8E7

accent

#DDDB08

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC4A4C

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

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