#EC5749#EC5749

#EC5749 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.187 H 28.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5749
RGB	rgb(236, 87, 73)
HSL	hsl(5, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(5, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.1%, 69.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.21, 56.65, 38.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.21, 68.67, 34.41°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% 0.1639 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.187 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.2070, 25.1358, 9.0892)
Luminance	0.2513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5749 #49DEEC

analogous

#EC498D #EC5749 #ECA849

triadic

#EC5749 #49EC57 #5749EC

tetradic

#EC5749 #8DEC49 #49DEEC #A849EC

square

#EC5749 #8DEC49 #49DEEC #A849EC

split-complementary

#EC5749 #49ECA8 #498DEC

monochromatic

#A91F12 #E02917 #EC5749 #F28A80 #F8BDB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#EC5749 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#EC5749 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5749

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5749	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5749	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3355

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5749;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 87, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.187 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa8d7c',
    500: '#ec5749',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5749;
$custom-light: #fa8d7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5749",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.153,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65277,
    "c": 0.18663,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5749

secondary

#A9E2E7

accent

#CBDD08

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5749

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

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