#EC5453#EC5453

#EC5453 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.188 H 24.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5453
RGB	rgb(236, 84, 83)
HSL	hsl(0, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(0, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 64.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.88, 58.43, 32.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.88, 67.01, 29.31°)
OKLab	oklab(65.08% 0.1714 0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(65.08% 0.188 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.3277, 24.8035, 10.8986)
Luminance	0.2480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5453 #53EBEC

analogous

#EC539F #EC5453 #ECA053

triadic

#EC5453 #53EC54 #5453EC

tetradic

#EC5453 #9FEC53 #53EBEC #A053EC

square

#EC5453 #9FEC53 #53EBEC #A053EC

split-complementary

#EC5453 #53ECA0 #539FEC

monochromatic

#B11514 #E61D1C #EC5453 #F28B8A #F8C2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#EC5453 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#EC5453 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5453

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5453	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5453	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3954F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5453;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 84, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.188 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa8b83',
    500: '#ec5453',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5453;
$custom-light: #fa8b83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5453",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.392,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65079,
    "c": 0.18808,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5453

secondary

#B2E9E9

accent

#DBDC09

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190D0A

muted

#877D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5453

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

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