#EC4F48#EC4F48

#EC4F48 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.194 H 26.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC4F48
RGB	rgb(236, 79, 72)
HSL	hsl(3, 81%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(3, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.5%, 69.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.99, 59.87, 37.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.99, 70.87, 32.36°)
OKLab	oklab(64.36% 0.1738 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(64.36% 0.194 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.5619, 23.8983, 8.7119)
Luminance	0.2389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC4F48 #48E5EC

analogous

#EC4893 #EC4F48 #ECA148

triadic

#EC4F48 #48EC4F #4F48EC

tetradic

#EC4F48 #93EC48 #48E5EC #A148EC

square

#EC4F48 #93EC48 #48E5EC #A148EC

split-complementary

#EC4F48 #48ECA1 #4893EC

monochromatic

#A81811 #E02017 #EC4F48 #F2847F #F8BAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#EC4F48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#EC4F48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC4F48

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC4F48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC4F48	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)

#7B7146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF234F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec4f48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 79, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.194 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa897b',
    500: '#ec4f48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec4f48;
$custom-light: #fa897b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec4f48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.561,
    "s": 81.188,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64356,
    "c": 0.19444,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC4F48

secondary

#A9E5E7

accent

#D4DE08

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC4F48

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

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