#EC554A#EC554A

#EC554A is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.188 H 27.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC554A
RGB	rgb(236, 85, 74)
HSL	hsl(4, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(4, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 68.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.91, 57.54, 37.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.91, 68.90, 33.38°)
OKLab	oklab(65.06% 0.1669 0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(65.06% 0.188 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.0807, 24.8298, 9.2120)
Luminance	0.2482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC554A #4AE1EC

analogous

#EC4A90 #EC554A #ECA64A

triadic

#EC554A #4AEC55 #554AEC

tetradic

#EC554A #90EC4A #4AE1EC #A64AEC

square

#EC554A #90EC4A #4AE1EC #A64AEC

split-complementary

#EC554A #4AECA6 #4A90EC

monochromatic

#AA1C12 #E12518 #EC554A #F28981 #F8BDB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#EC554A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#EC554A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC554A

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC554A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC554A	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)

#7E7448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF2F54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec554a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 85, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.188 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa8c7d',
    500: '#ec554a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec554a;
$custom-light: #fa8c7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec554a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.074,
    "s": 81,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65057,
    "c": 0.1884,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC554A

secondary

#AAE3E8

accent

#CFDD08

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190D09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC554A

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

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