#EC5149#EC5149

#EC5149 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.192 H 26.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5149
RGB	rgb(236, 81, 73)
HSL	hsl(3, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(3, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 69.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.29, 59.12, 37.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.29, 70.13, 32.55°)
OKLab	oklab(64.59% 0.1717 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(64.59% 0.192 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.7412, 24.2043, 8.9340)
Luminance	0.2420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5149 #49E4EC

analogous

#EC4992 #EC5149 #ECA349

triadic

#EC5149 #49EC51 #5149EC

tetradic

#EC5149 #92EC49 #49E4EC #A349EC

square

#EC5149 #92EC49 #49E4EC #A349EC

split-complementary

#EC5149 #49ECA3 #4992EC

monochromatic

#A91912 #E02117 #EC5149 #F28680 #F8BBB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#EC5149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#EC5149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5149

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5149	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF2750

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 81, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.192 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa8a7c',
    500: '#ec5149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5149;
$custom-light: #fa8a7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.945,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6459,
    "c": 0.1924,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5149

secondary

#A9E4E7

accent

#D3DD08

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5149

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

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