#EC5845#EC5845

#EC5845 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.186 H 30.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5845
RGB	rgb(236, 88, 69)
HSL	hsl(7, 81%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(7, 71%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 70.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.32, 56.04, 41.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.32, 69.51, 36.28°)
OKLab	oklab(65.34% 0.1612 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(65.34% 0.186 30.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.1601, 25.2475, 8.4403)
Luminance	0.2524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5845 #45D9EC

analogous

#EC4586 #EC5845 #ECAB45

triadic

#EC5845 #45EC58 #5845EC

tetradic

#EC5845 #86EC45 #45D9EC #AB45EC

square

#EC5845 #86EC45 #45D9EC #AB45EC

split-complementary

#EC5845 #45ECAB #4586EC

monochromatic

#A62211 #DD2D17 #EC5845 #F28A7D #F7BCB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#EC5845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#EC5845 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5845

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5845	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 88, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.186 30.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa8d79',
    500: '#ec5845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5845;
$custom-light: #fa8d79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.826,
    "s": 81.463,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65343,
    "c": 0.18642,
    "h": 30.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5845

secondary

#A6DFE7

accent

#E1F830

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5845

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →