#EC5A53#EC5A53

#EC5A53 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.182 H 26.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5A53
RGB	rgb(236, 90, 83)
HSL	hsl(3, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(3, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.9%, 64.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.82, 55.91, 33.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.82, 65.42, 31.28°)
OKLab	oklab(65.79% 0.1635 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(65.79% 0.182 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.8135, 25.7751, 11.0605)
Luminance	0.2577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5A53 #53E5EC

analogous

#EC5399 #EC5A53 #ECA653

triadic

#EC5A53 #53EC5A #5A53EC

tetradic

#EC5A53 #99EC53 #53E5EC #A653EC

square

#EC5A53 #99EC53 #53E5EC #A653EC

split-complementary

#EC5A53 #53ECA6 #5399EC

monochromatic

#B11B14 #E6251C #EC5A53 #F28F8A #F8C4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#EC5A53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#EC5A53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5A53

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5A53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5A53	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807751

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5974F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3A59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5a53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 90, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.182 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f98f83',
    500: '#ec5a53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5a53;
$custom-light: #f98f83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5a53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.745,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65785,
    "c": 0.18199,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5A53

secondary

#B2E7E9

accent

#D3DC09

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190D0A

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5A53

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

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