#EC5252#EC5252

#EC5252 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.190 H 24.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5252
RGB	rgb(236, 82, 82)
HSL	hsl(0, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(0, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.3%, 65.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.57, 59.19, 32.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.57, 67.76, 29.13°)
OKLab	oklab(64.84% 0.1736 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(64.84% 0.19 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.1364, 24.4822, 10.6457)
Luminance	0.2448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5252 #52ECEC

analogous

#EC529F #EC5252 #EC9F52

triadic

#EC5252 #52EC52 #5252EC

tetradic

#EC5252 #9FEC52 #52ECEC #9F52EC

square

#EC5252 #9FEC52 #52ECEC #9F52EC

split-complementary

#EC5252 #52EC9F #529FEC

monochromatic

#B01313 #E61B1B #EC5252 #F28989 #F8C0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#EC5252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#EC5252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5252

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5252	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2944E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF2C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 82, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.190 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa8a82',
    500: '#ec5252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5252;
$custom-light: #fa8a82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 80.208,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64837,
    "c": 0.1902,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5252

secondary

#B1E9E9

accent

#DDDD09

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5252

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

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