#EC4B56#EC4B56

#EC4B56 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.197 H 20.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC4B56
RGB	rgb(236, 75, 86)
HSL	hsl(356, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(356, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.2%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.63, 62.15, 29.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.63, 68.79, 25.39°)
OKLab	oklab(64.15% 0.1838 0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(64.15% 0.197 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.7918, 23.5425, 11.3038)
Luminance	0.2354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC4B56 #4BECE1

analogous

#EC4BA6 #EC4B56 #EC904B

triadic

#EC4B56 #56EC4B #4B56EC

tetradic

#EC4B56 #A6EC4B #4BECE1 #904BEC

square

#EC4B56 #A6EC4B #4BECE1 #904BEC

split-complementary

#EC4B56 #4BEC90 #4BA6EC

monochromatic

#AB121C #E21826 #EC4B56 #F2828A #F8BABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#EC4B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#EC4B56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC4B56

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC4B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC4B56	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#767055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF1F50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec4b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 75, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.197 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa8785',
    500: '#ec4b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec4b56;
$custom-light: #fa8785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec4b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.901,
    "s": 80.905,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64154,
    "c": 0.19676,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC4B56

secondary

#ABE8E4

accent

#DDCF08

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190C0B

muted

#877D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC4B56

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

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