#EC4E4E#EC4E4E

#EC4E4E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.195 H 24.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC4E4E
RGB	rgb(236, 78, 78)
HSL	hsl(0, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(0, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 66.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.92, 60.56, 34.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.92, 69.68, 29.65°)
OKLab	oklab(64.34% 0.1772 0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(64.34% 0.195 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.6957, 23.8373, 9.7697)
Luminance	0.2383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC4E4E #4EECEC

analogous

#EC4E9D #EC4E4E #EC9D4E

triadic

#EC4E4E #4EEC4E #4E4EEC

tetradic

#EC4E4E #9DEC4E #4EECEC #9D4EEC

square

#EC4E4E #9DEC4E #4EECEC #9D4EEC

split-complementary

#EC4E4E #4EEC9D #4E9DEC

monochromatic

#AD1313 #E41919 #EC4E4E #F28585 #F8BDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#EC4E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#EC4E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC4E4E

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC4E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC4E4E	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79704C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF2250

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec4e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 78, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.195 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa887f',
    500: '#ec4e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec4e4e;
$custom-light: #fa887f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec4e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 80.612,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64337,
    "c": 0.19459,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC4E4E

secondary

#AEE8E8

accent

#DDDD09

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC4E4E

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

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