#EC512A#EC512A

#EC512A is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.198 H 34.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC512A
RGB	rgb(236, 81, 42)
HSL	hsl(12, 84%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(12, 82%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 82.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.98, 57.95, 53.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.98, 78.83, 42.68°)
OKLab	oklab(64.25% 0.1623 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(64.25% 0.198 34.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9568, 23.8906, 4.8027)
Luminance	0.2389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC512A #2AC5EC

analogous

#EC2A64 #EC512A #ECB22A

triadic

#EC512A #2AEC51 #512AEC

tetradic

#EC512A #64EC2A #2AC5EC #B22AEC

square

#EC512A #64EC2A #2AC5EC #B22AEC

split-complementary

#EC512A #2AECB2 #2A64EC

monochromatic

#8F270D #C73612 #EC512A #F17F62 #F6AD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#EC512A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#EC512A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC512A

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC512A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC512A	1.00	3.64	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.64	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)

#7E7023

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49322

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF204A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec512a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 81, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.198 34.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fc8967',
    500: '#ec512a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec512a;
$custom-light: #fc8967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec512a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.062,
    "s": 83.621,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64254,
    "c": 0.19788,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC512A

secondary

#90D1E2

accent

#D1FA2E

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EB

border

#D7CBC6

text

#1A0C06

muted

#877D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC512A

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

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