#EC5449#EC5449

#EC5449 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.190 H 27.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5449
RGB	rgb(236, 84, 73)
HSL	hsl(4, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(4, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 69.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.74, 57.90, 38.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.74, 69.40, 33.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.93% 0.1678 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(64.93% 0.19 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9691, 24.6601, 9.0099)
Luminance	0.2465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5449 #49E1EC

analogous

#EC498F #EC5449 #ECA549

triadic

#EC5449 #49EC54 #5449EC

tetradic

#EC5449 #8FEC49 #49E1EC #A549EC

square

#EC5449 #8FEC49 #49E1EC #A549EC

split-complementary

#EC5449 #49ECA5 #498FEC

monochromatic

#A91C12 #E02517 #EC5449 #F28880 #F8BCB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#EC5449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#EC5449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5449

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5449	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7347

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF2D53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 84, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.190 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa8b7c',
    500: '#ec5449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5449;
$custom-light: #fa8b7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.049,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64928,
    "c": 0.18953,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5449

secondary

#A9E3E7

accent

#CFDD08

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5449

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

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