#EC5A46#EC5A46

#EC5A46 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.184 H 30.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5A46
RGB	rgb(236, 90, 70)
HSL	hsl(7, 81%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(7, 70%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.9%, 70.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.65, 55.23, 40.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.65, 68.76, 36.57°)
OKLab	oklab(65.6% 0.1589 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(65.6% 0.184 30.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.3578, 25.5929, 8.6606)
Luminance	0.2559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5A46 #46D8EC

analogous

#EC4685 #EC5A46 #ECAD46

triadic

#EC5A46 #46EC5A #5A46EC

tetradic

#EC5A46 #85EC46 #46D8EC #AD46EC

square

#EC5A46 #85EC46 #46D8EC #AD46EC

split-complementary

#EC5A46 #46ECAD #4685EC

monochromatic

#A72311 #DE2F17 #EC5A46 #F28B7D #F7BDB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#EC5A46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#EC5A46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5A46

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5A46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5A46	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827643

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3756

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5a46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 90, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.184 30.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa8e7a',
    500: '#ec5a46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5a46;
$custom-light: #fa8e7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5a46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.229,
    "s": 81.373,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65597,
    "c": 0.18432,
    "h": 30.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5A46

secondary

#A7DFE7

accent

#E0F830

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5A46

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

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