#EC4E52#EC4E52
#EC4E52 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.194 H 23.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EC4E52 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 78, 82) |
| HSL | hsl(358, 81%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(358, 67%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 65.3%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(55.98, 60.77, 32.26) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(55.98, 68.80, 27.96°) |
| OKLab | oklab(64.4% 0.1786 0.0761) |
| OKLCH | oklch(64.4% 0.194 23.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.8435, 23.8964, 10.5481) |
| Luminance | 0.2389 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 2.98
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 3.42
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 3.43
Lightish Red
#FE2F4A
ΔE00 3.59
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 3.74
Strawberry (survey)
#FB2943
ΔE00 3.93
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EC4E52 #4EECE8
analogous
#EC4EA1 #EC4E52 #EC994E
triadic
#EC4E52 #52EC4E #4E52EC
tetradic
#EC4E52 #A1EC4E #4EECE8 #994EEC
square
#EC4E52 #A1EC4E #4EECE8 #994EEC
split-complementary
#EC4E52 #4EEC99 #4EA1EC
monochromatic
#AD1316 #E4191E #EC4E52 #F28588 #F8BDBE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.63
#EC4E52 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.78
#EC4E52 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #EC4E52
5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EC4E52 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EC4E52 | 1.00 | 3.63 | 5.78 | 5.78 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.63 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 5.78 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 5.78 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#797151
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A1934D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF2451
Achromatopsia (no color)
#868686
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ec4e52; /* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 78, 82); /* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.194 23.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#fa8882',
500: '#ec4e52',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ec4e52; $custom-light: #fa8882; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ec4e52",
"rgb": {
"r": 236,
"g": 78,
"b": 82
},
"hsl": {
"h": 358.481,
"s": 80.612,
"l": 61.569
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.64401,
"c": 0.19415,
"h": 23.1
},
"luminance": 0.23891
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EC4E52
secondary
#AEE8E7
accent
#DDD809
background
#FFF8F8
surface
#FFF0EF
border
#D7CBCA
text
#190C0A
muted
#867D7C