#EC5553#EC5553

#EC5553 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.187 H 24.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5553
RGB	rgb(236, 85, 83)
HSL	hsl(1, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(1, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 64.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.04, 58.02, 32.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.04, 66.74, 29.62°)
OKLab	oklab(65.19% 0.1701 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(65.19% 0.187 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4059, 24.9599, 10.9247)
Luminance	0.2495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5553 #53EAEC

analogous

#EC539E #EC5553 #ECA153

triadic

#EC5553 #53EC55 #5553EC

tetradic

#EC5553 #9EEC53 #53EAEC #A153EC

square

#EC5553 #9EEC53 #53EAEC #A153EC

split-complementary

#EC5553 #53ECA1 #539EEC

monochromatic

#B11614 #E61F1C #EC5553 #F28B8A #F8C2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#EC5553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#EC5553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5553

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5553	1.00	3.51	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3954F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3256

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 85, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.187 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa8c83',
    500: '#ec5553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5553;
$custom-light: #fa8c83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.784,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65194,
    "c": 0.18707,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5553

secondary

#B2E8E9

accent

#DADC09

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190D0A

muted

#877D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5553

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

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