#EC5249#EC5249

#EC5249 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.191 H 27.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5249
RGB	rgb(236, 82, 73)
HSL	hsl(3, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(3, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.3%, 69.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.44, 58.72, 37.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.44, 69.89, 32.85°)
OKLab	oklab(64.7% 0.1704 0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(64.7% 0.191 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.8161, 24.3540, 8.9589)
Luminance	0.2435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5249 #49E3EC

analogous

#EC4991 #EC5249 #ECA349

triadic

#EC5249 #49EC52 #5249EC

tetradic

#EC5249 #91EC49 #49E3EC #A349EC

square

#EC5249 #91EC49 #49E3EC #A349EC

split-complementary

#EC5249 #49ECA3 #4991EC

monochromatic

#A91A12 #E02317 #EC5249 #F28780 #F8BBB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#EC5249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#EC5249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5249

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5249	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	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)

#7C7247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF2951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 82, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.191 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa8a7c',
    500: '#ec5249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5249;
$custom-light: #fa8a7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.313,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64702,
    "c": 0.19145,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5249

secondary

#A9E4E7

accent

#D2DD08

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5249

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

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