#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
RGBrgb(236, 86, 73)
HSLhsl(5, 81%, 61%)
HSVhsv(5, 69%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 63.6%, 69.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LABlab(57.05, 57.07, 38.63)
CIE-LCHlch(57.05, 68.92, 34.09°)
OKLaboklab(65.16% 0.1652 0.0889)
OKLCHoklch(65.16% 0.188 28.3)
XYZxyz(39.1265, 24.9750, 9.0624)
Luminance0.2497 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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
##EC56491.003.505.995.99
#FFFFFF3.501.0021.0021.00
#0000005.9921.001.001.00
##0000005.9921.001.001.00

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

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#EC5649 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva