#EC5155#EC5155

#EC5155 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.191 H 22.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5155
RGB	rgb(236, 81, 85)
HSL	hsl(358, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(358, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 64%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.47, 59.76, 31.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.47, 67.38, 27.52°)
OKLab	oklab(64.78% 0.176 0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(64.78% 0.191 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.1782, 24.3791, 11.2352)
Luminance	0.2437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5155 #51ECE8

analogous

#EC51A2 #EC5155 #EC9B51

triadic

#EC5155 #55EC51 #5155EC

tetradic

#EC5155 #A2EC51 #51ECE8 #9B51EC

square

#EC5155 #A2EC51 #51ECE8 #9B51EC

split-complementary

#EC5155 #51EC9B #51A2EC

monochromatic

#AF1317 #E61A1F #EC5155 #F2888B #F8BFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#EC5155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#EC5155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5155

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5155	1.00	3.57	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7254

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19451

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF2B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 81, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.191 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa8a85',
    500: '#ec5155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5155;
$custom-light: #fa8a85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.452,
    "s": 80.311,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64776,
    "c": 0.19088,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5155

secondary

#B0E9E7

accent

#DDD709

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190C0B

muted

#877D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5155

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

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