#EC5757#EC5757

#EC5757 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.185 H 23.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5757
RGB	rgb(236, 87, 87)
HSL	hsl(0, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(0, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.1%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.41, 57.42, 31.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.41, 65.33, 28.50°)
OKLab	oklab(65.49% 0.169 0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(65.49% 0.185 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.7245, 25.3428, 11.8148)
Luminance	0.2534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5757 #57ECEC

analogous

#EC57A1 #EC5757 #ECA157

triadic

#EC5757 #57EC57 #5757EC

tetradic

#EC5757 #A1EC57 #57ECEC #A157EC

square

#EC5757 #A1EC57 #57ECEC #A157EC

split-complementary

#EC5757 #57ECA1 #57A1EC

monochromatic

#B41414 #E62020 #EC5757 #F28E8E #F8C5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#EC5757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#EC5757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5757

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5757	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7656

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39653

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3659

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 87, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.185 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f98d86',
    500: '#ec5757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5757;
$custom-light: #f98d86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65492,
    "c": 0.18454,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5757

secondary

#B5EAEA

accent

#DCDC0A

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190D0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5757

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

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