#EC5356#EC5356

#EC5356 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.189 H 23.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5356
RGB	rgb(236, 83, 86)
HSL	hsl(359, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(359, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.8%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.78, 59.01, 30.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.78, 66.64, 27.68°)
OKLab	oklab(65.02% 0.1738 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(65.02% 0.189 23)
XYZ	xyz(39.3690, 24.6967, 11.4962)
Luminance	0.2469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5356 #53ECE9

analogous

#EC53A2 #EC5356 #EC9D53

triadic

#EC5356 #56EC53 #5356EC

tetradic

#EC5356 #A2EC53 #53ECE9 #9D53EC

square

#EC5356 #A2EC53 #53ECE9 #9D53EC

split-complementary

#EC5356 #53EC9D #53A2EC

monochromatic

#B11417 #E61C20 #EC5356 #F28A8C #F8C1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#EC5356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#EC5356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5356

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5356	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7455

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF2F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 83, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.189 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa8b85',
    500: '#ec5356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5356;
$custom-light: #fa8b85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.824,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65016,
    "c": 0.18875,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.24691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5356

secondary

#B2E9E8

accent

#DCD809

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190C0B

muted

#877D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5356

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

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