#EC5853#EC5853

#EC5853 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.184 H 25.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5853
RGB	rgb(236, 88, 83)
HSL	hsl(2, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(2, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 64.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.50, 56.76, 33.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.50, 65.95, 30.60°)
OKLab	oklab(65.55% 0.1662 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(65.55% 0.184 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.6471, 25.4423, 11.0051)
Luminance	0.2544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5853 #53E7EC

analogous

#EC539A #EC5853 #ECA553

triadic

#EC5853 #53EC58 #5853EC

tetradic

#EC5853 #9AEC53 #53E7EC #A553EC

square

#EC5853 #9AEC53 #53E7EC #A553EC

split-complementary

#EC5853 #53ECA5 #539AEC

monochromatic

#B11914 #E6221C #EC5853 #F28E8A #F8C3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#EC5853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#EC5853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5853

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5853	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7651

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4964F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3758

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 88, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.184 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa8e83',
    500: '#ec5853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5853;
$custom-light: #fa8e83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.961,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65545,
    "c": 0.18403,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5853

secondary

#B2E7E9

accent

#D6DC09

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190D0A

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5853

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

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