#EC5566#EC5566

#EC5566 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.186 H 17.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5566
RGB	rgb(236, 85, 102)
HSL	hsl(353, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(353, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 56.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.36, 59.24, 22.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.36, 63.34, 20.74°)
OKLab	oklab(65.54% 0.1773 0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(65.54% 0.186 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.2425, 25.2945, 15.3310)
Luminance	0.2529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5566 #55ECDB

analogous

#EC55B1 #EC5566 #EC8F55

triadic

#EC5566 #66EC55 #5566EC

tetradic

#EC5566 #B1EC55 #55ECDB #8F55EC

square

#EC5566 #B1EC55 #55ECDB #8F55EC

split-complementary

#EC5566 #55EC8F #55B1EC

monochromatic

#B31426 #E61E34 #EC5566 #F28C98 #F8C3C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#EC5566 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#EC5566 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5566

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5566	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5566	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7666

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19562

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF375C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5566;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 85, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.186 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f98c91',
    500: '#ec5566',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5566;
$custom-light: #f98c91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5566",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.245,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65542,
    "c": 0.1857,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5566

secondary

#B3EAE3

accent

#DCC409

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#190D0C

muted

#877E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5566

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

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