#EC5A56#EC5A56

#EC5A56 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.182 H 25.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5A56
RGB	rgb(236, 90, 86)
HSL	hsl(2, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(2, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.9%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.87, 56.08, 32.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.87, 64.73, 29.95°)
OKLab	oklab(65.83% 0.1646 0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(65.83% 0.182 25)
XYZ	xyz(39.9319, 25.8225, 11.6838)
Luminance	0.2582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5A56 #56E8EC

analogous

#EC569D #EC5A56 #ECA556

triadic

#EC5A56 #56EC5A #5A56EC

tetradic

#EC5A56 #9DEC56 #56E8EC #A556EC

square

#EC5A56 #9DEC56 #56E8EC #A556EC

split-complementary

#EC5A56 #56ECA5 #569DEC

monochromatic

#B31814 #E6241F #EC5A56 #F2908D #F8C5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#EC5A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#EC5A56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5A56

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5A56	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807754

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3B5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 90, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.182 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f98f85',
    500: '#ec5a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5a56;
$custom-light: #f98f85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.6,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65833,
    "c": 0.18156,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.25817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5A56

secondary

#B4E8EA

accent

#D6DC09

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190D0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5A56

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

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