#EC5A4F#EC5A4F
#EC5A4F is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.183 H 27.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EC5A4F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 90, 79) |
| HSL | hsl(4, 81%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(4, 67%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 61.9%, 66.5%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(57.77, 55.69, 36.14) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(57.77, 66.39, 32.98°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.72% 0.162 0.0843) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.72% 0.183 27.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(39.6635, 25.7151, 10.2705) |
| Luminance | 0.2571 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Coral (survey)
#FC5A50
ΔE00 2.81
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 3.32
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 3.77
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 4.28
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 4.46
Coral Pink
#FF6163
ΔE00 5.38
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EC5A4F #4FE1EC
analogous
#EC4F93 #EC5A4F #ECA94F
triadic
#EC5A4F #4FEC5A #5A4FEC
tetradic
#EC5A4F #93EC4F #4FE1EC #A94FEC
square
#EC5A4F #93EC4F #4FE1EC #A94FEC
split-complementary
#EC5A4F #4FECA9 #4F93EC
monochromatic
#AE1E13 #E52719 #EC5A4F #F28E86 #F8C2BD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.42
#EC5A4F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.14
#EC5A4F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #EC5A4F
6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EC5A4F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EC5A4F | 1.00 | 3.42 | 6.14 | 6.14 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.42 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.14 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.14 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#81774D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A5974B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF3958
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8B8B8B
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ec5a4f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 90, 79); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.183 27.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#fa8f80',
500: '#ec5a4f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ec5a4f; $custom-light: #fa8f80; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ec5a4f",
"rgb": {
"r": 236,
"g": 90,
"b": 79
},
"hsl": {
"h": 4.204,
"s": 80.513,
"l": 61.765
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65723,
"c": 0.18264,
"h": 27.5
},
"luminance": 0.2571
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EC5A4F
secondary
#AEE4E8
accent
#CEDD09
background
#FFF9F7
surface
#FFF1EE
border
#D7CBC9
text
#190D0A
muted
#877E7C