#EC554D#EC554D
#EC554D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.188 H 26.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EC554D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 85, 77) |
| HSL | hsl(3, 81%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(3, 67%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 64%, 67.4%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(56.95, 57.69, 36.28) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(56.95, 68.15, 32.16°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.1% 0.1679 0.0843) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.1% 0.188 26.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(39.1842, 24.8712, 9.7570) |
| Luminance | 0.2487 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 3.30
Coral (survey)
#FC5A50
ΔE00 3.32
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 3.55
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 3.72
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 3.98
Strawberry (survey)
#FB2943
ΔE00 5.37
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EC554D #4DE4EC
analogous
#EC4D95 #EC554D #ECA54D
triadic
#EC554D #4DEC55 #554DEC
tetradic
#EC554D #95EC4D #4DE4EC #A54DEC
square
#EC554D #95EC4D #4DE4EC #A54DEC
split-complementary
#EC554D #4DECA5 #4D95EC
monochromatic
#AC1A12 #E42318 #EC554D #F28A84 #F8BFBC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.52
#EC554D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.97
#EC554D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #EC554D
5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EC554D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EC554D | 1.00 | 3.52 | 5.97 | 5.97 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.52 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 5.97 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 5.97 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#7E744B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A49549
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF3054
Achromatopsia (no color)
#898989
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ec554d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 85, 77); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.188 26.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#fa8c7f',
500: '#ec554d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ec554d; $custom-light: #fa8c7f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ec554d",
"rgb": {
"r": 236,
"g": 85,
"b": 77
},
"hsl": {
"h": 3.019,
"s": 80.711,
"l": 61.373
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65101,
"c": 0.18792,
"h": 26.7
},
"luminance": 0.24866
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EC554D
secondary
#ADE5E8
accent
#D2DD08
background
#FFF8F7
surface
#FFF0EE
border
#D7CBC9
text
#190D0A
muted
#867D7C