#EC5556#EC5556

#EC5556 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.187 H 23.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5556
RGB	rgb(236, 85, 86)
HSL	hsl(360, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(360, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.08, 58.19, 31.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.08, 66.09, 28.30°)
OKLab	oklab(65.24% 0.1712 0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(65.24% 0.187 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.5242, 25.0072, 11.5479)
Luminance	0.2500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5556 #55ECEB

analogous

#EC55A1 #EC5556 #ECA055

triadic

#EC5556 #56EC55 #5556EC

tetradic

#EC5556 #A1EC55 #55ECEB #A055EC

square

#EC5556 #A1EC55 #55ECEB #A055EC

split-complementary

#EC5556 #55ECA0 #55A1EC

monochromatic

#B31415 #E61E1F #EC5556 #F28C8D #F8C3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#EC5556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#EC5556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5556

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5556	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 85, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.187 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f98c85',
    500: '#ec5556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5556;
$custom-light: #f98c85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.603,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65243,
    "c": 0.18671,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5556

secondary

#B3EAE9

accent

#DCDB09

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190D0B

muted

#877D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5556

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

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