#EC4B57#EC4B57

#EC4B57 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.197 H 20.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC4B57
RGB	rgb(236, 75, 87)
HSL	hsl(356, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(356, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.2%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.64, 62.21, 28.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.64, 68.61, 24.95°)
OKLab	oklab(64.17% 0.1841 0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(64.17% 0.197 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.8324, 23.5587, 11.5175)
Luminance	0.2355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC4B57 #4BECE0

analogous

#EC4BA7 #EC4B57 #EC8F4B

triadic

#EC4B57 #57EC4B #4B57EC

tetradic

#EC4B57 #A7EC4B #4BECE0 #8F4BEC

square

#EC4B57 #A7EC4B #4BECE0 #8F4BEC

split-complementary

#EC4B57 #4BEC8F #4BA7EC

monochromatic

#AB121D #E21827 #EC4B57 #F2828B #F8BABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#EC4B57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#EC4B57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC4B57

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC4B57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC4B57	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)

#767056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF1F51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec4b57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 75, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.197 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa8786',
    500: '#ec4b57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec4b57;
$custom-light: #fa8786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec4b57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.528,
    "s": 80.905,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64172,
    "c": 0.19669,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC4B57

secondary

#ABE8E3

accent

#DDCD08

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190C0B

muted

#877D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC4B57

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

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