#EC5945#EC5945

#EC5945 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.185 H 30.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5945
RGB	rgb(236, 89, 69)
HSL	hsl(7, 81%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(7, 71%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.3%, 70.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.48, 55.61, 41.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.48, 69.28, 36.61°)
OKLab	oklab(65.46% 0.1599 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(65.46% 0.185 30.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.2427, 25.4128, 8.4678)
Luminance	0.2541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5945 #45D8EC

analogous

#EC4584 #EC5945 #ECAD45

triadic

#EC5945 #45EC59 #5945EC

tetradic

#EC5945 #84EC45 #45D8EC #AD45EC

square

#EC5945 #84EC45 #45D8EC #AD45EC

split-complementary

#EC5945 #45ECAD #4584EC

monochromatic

#A62311 #DD2E17 #EC5945 #F28B7D #F7BCB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#EC5945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#EC5945 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5945

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5945	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3555

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 89, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.185 30.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa8e79',
    500: '#ec5945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5945;
$custom-light: #fa8e79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.186,
    "s": 81.463,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65463,
    "c": 0.18547,
    "h": 30.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5945

secondary

#A6DFE7

accent

#E0F830

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5945

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

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