#EC5949#EC5949

#EC5949 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.185 H 29.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5949
RGB	rgb(236, 89, 73)
HSL	hsl(6, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(6, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.3%, 69.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.52, 55.80, 39.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.52, 68.19, 35.08°)
OKLab	oklab(65.52% 0.1612 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(65.52% 0.185 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.3711, 25.4641, 9.1439)
Luminance	0.2546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5949 #49DCEC

analogous

#EC498A #EC5949 #ECAB49

triadic

#EC5949 #49EC59 #5949EC

tetradic

#EC5949 #8AEC49 #49DCEC #AB49EC

square

#EC5949 #8AEC49 #49DCEC #AB49EC

split-complementary

#EC5949 #49ECAB #498AEC

monochromatic

#A92012 #E02B17 #EC5949 #F28C80 #F8BEB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#EC5949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#EC5949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5949

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5949	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)

#817646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3656

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 89, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.185 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa8e7c',
    500: '#ec5949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5949;
$custom-light: #fa8e7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.89,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65516,
    "c": 0.1847,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5949

secondary

#A9E1E7

accent

#C9DD08

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5949

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

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