#EC4D56#EC4D56

#EC4D56 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.195 H 21.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC4D56
RGB	rgb(236, 77, 86)
HSL	hsl(357, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(357, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.91, 61.39, 29.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.91, 68.26, 25.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.36% 0.1813 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(64.36% 0.195 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.9296, 23.8180, 11.3497)
Luminance	0.2381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC4D56 #4DECE3

analogous

#EC4DA6 #EC4D56 #EC944D

triadic

#EC4D56 #56EC4D #4D56EC

tetradic

#EC4D56 #A6EC4D #4DECE3 #944DEC

square

#EC4D56 #A6EC4D #4DECE3 #944DEC

split-complementary

#EC4D56 #4DEC94 #4DA6EC

monochromatic

#AC121B #E41824 #EC4D56 #F2848B #F8BCBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#EC4D56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#EC4D56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC4D56

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC4D56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC4D56	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF2352

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec4d56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 77, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.195 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa8885',
    500: '#ec4d56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec4d56;
$custom-light: #fa8885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec4d56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.604,
    "s": 80.711,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64362,
    "c": 0.19479,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC4D56

secondary

#ADE8E5

accent

#DDD108

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190C0B

muted

#877D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC4D56

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

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