#EC5649#EC5649

#EC5649 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.188 H 28.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5649
RGB	rgb(236, 86, 73)
HSL	hsl(5, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(5, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.6%, 69.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.05, 57.07, 38.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.05, 68.92, 34.09°)
OKLab	oklab(65.16% 0.1652 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(65.16% 0.188 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.1265, 24.9750, 9.0624)
Luminance	0.2497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5649 #49DFEC

analogous

#EC498D #EC5649 #ECA749

triadic

#EC5649 #49EC56 #5649EC

tetradic

#EC5649 #8DEC49 #49DFEC #A749EC

square

#EC5649 #8DEC49 #49DFEC #A749EC

split-complementary

#EC5649 #49ECA7 #498DEC

monochromatic

#A91E12 #E02717 #EC5649 #F28980 #F8BDB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#EC5649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#EC5649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5649

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5649	1.00	3.50	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.50	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)

#7F7447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3154

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 86, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.188 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa8c7c',
    500: '#ec5649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5649;
$custom-light: #fa8c7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.785,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6516,
    "c": 0.1876,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5649

secondary

#A9E2E7

accent

#CCDD08

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190D09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5649

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

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