#EC5857#EC5857

#EC5857 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.183 H 24.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5857
RGB	rgb(236, 88, 87)
HSL	hsl(0, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(0, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.56, 57.00, 31.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.56, 65.06, 28.83°)
OKLab	oklab(65.61% 0.1676 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(65.61% 0.184 24)
XYZ	xyz(39.8060, 25.5058, 11.8420)
Luminance	0.2550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5857 #57EBEC

analogous

#EC57A0 #EC5857 #ECA257

triadic

#EC5857 #57EC58 #5857EC

tetradic

#EC5857 #A0EC57 #57EBEC #A257EC

square

#EC5857 #A0EC57 #57EBEC #A257EC

split-complementary

#EC5857 #57ECA2 #57A0EC

monochromatic

#B41514 #E62120 #EC5857 #F28F8E #F8C5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#EC5857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#EC5857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5857

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5857	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7656

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49653

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3859

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 88, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.183 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f98e86',
    500: '#ec5857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5857;
$custom-light: #f98e86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.403,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6561,
    "c": 0.1835,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5857

secondary

#B5EAEA

accent

#DBDC0A

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190D0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5857

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

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