#EC5849#EC5849

#EC5849 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.186 H 28.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5849
RGB	rgb(236, 88, 73)
HSL	hsl(6, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(6, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 69.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.37, 56.23, 39.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.37, 68.43, 34.74°)
OKLab	oklab(65.4% 0.1626 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(65.4% 0.186 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.2885, 25.2988, 9.1164)
Luminance	0.2529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5849 #49DDEC

analogous

#EC498C #EC5849 #ECA949

triadic

#EC5849 #49EC58 #5849EC

tetradic

#EC5849 #8CEC49 #49DDEC #A949EC

square

#EC5849 #8CEC49 #49DDEC #A949EC

split-complementary

#EC5849 #49ECA9 #498CEC

monochromatic

#A92012 #E02A17 #EC5849 #F28B80 #F8BEB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#EC5849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#EC5849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5849

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5849	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3455

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 88, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.186 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa8d7c',
    500: '#ec5849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5849;
$custom-light: #fa8d7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.521,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65396,
    "c": 0.18567,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5849

secondary

#A9E2E7

accent

#CADD08

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5849

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

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