#EC556D#EC556D

#EC556D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.186 H 14.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC556D
RGB	rgb(236, 85, 109)
HSL	hsl(350, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(350, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 53.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.50, 59.76, 18.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.50, 62.57, 17.23°)
OKLab	oklab(65.69% 0.1799 0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(65.69% 0.186 14.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.6044, 25.4393, 17.2371)
Luminance	0.2543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC556D #55ECD4

analogous

#EC55B8 #EC556D #EC8955

triadic

#EC556D #6DEC55 #556DEC

tetradic

#EC556D #B8EC55 #55ECD4 #8955EC

square

#EC556D #B8EC55 #55ECD4 #8955EC

split-complementary

#EC556D #55EC89 #55B8EC

monochromatic

#B3142D #E61E3E #EC556D #F28C9C #F8C3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#EC556D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#EC556D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC556D

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC556D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC556D	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79766D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09669

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF395F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec556d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 85, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.186 14.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f88c96',
    500: '#ec556d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec556d;
$custom-light: #f88c96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec556d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.464,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65692,
    "c": 0.18582,
    "h": 14.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC556D

secondary

#B3EAE1

accent

#DCBB09

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FFF1F2

border

#D7CBCC

text

#180D0D

muted

#867E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC556D

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

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