#EC4D50#EC4D50

#EC4D50 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.195 H 23.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC4D50
RGB	rgb(236, 77, 80)
HSL	hsl(359, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(359, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 66.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.81, 61.05, 33.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.81, 69.49, 28.53°)
OKLab	oklab(64.26% 0.1791 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(64.26% 0.195 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.6980, 23.7254, 10.1296)
Luminance	0.2372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC4D50 #4DECE9

analogous

#EC4DA0 #EC4D50 #EC9A4D

triadic

#EC4D50 #50EC4D #4D50EC

tetradic

#EC4D50 #A0EC4D #4DECE9 #9A4DEC

square

#EC4D50 #A0EC4D #4DECE9 #9A4DEC

split-complementary

#EC4D50 #4DEC9A #4DA0EC

monochromatic

#AC1215 #E4181C #EC4D50 #F28486 #F8BCBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#EC4D50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#EC4D50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC4D50

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC4D50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC4D50	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78704F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0924B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF2150

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec4d50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 77, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.195 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa8881',
    500: '#ec4d50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec4d50;
$custom-light: #fa8881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec4d50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.868,
    "s": 80.711,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64262,
    "c": 0.19533,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC4D50

secondary

#ADE8E7

accent

#DDD908

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC4D50

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

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