#EC5A57#EC5A57

#EC5A57 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.181 H 24.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5A57
RGB	rgb(236, 90, 87)
HSL	hsl(1, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(1, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.9%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.88, 56.14, 31.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.88, 64.51, 29.50°)
OKLab	oklab(65.85% 0.1649 0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(65.85% 0.181 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.9724, 25.8387, 11.8975)
Luminance	0.2583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5A57 #57E9EC

analogous

#EC579E #EC5A57 #ECA457

triadic

#EC5A57 #57EC5A #5A57EC

tetradic

#EC5A57 #9EEC57 #57E9EC #A457EC

square

#EC5A57 #9EEC57 #57E9EC #A457EC

split-complementary

#EC5A57 #57ECA4 #579EEC

monochromatic

#B41814 #E62420 #EC5A57 #F2908E #F8C6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#EC5A57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#EC5A57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5A57

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5A57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5A57	1.00	3.41	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807756

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3B5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5a57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 90, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.181 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f98f86',
    500: '#ec5a57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5a57;
$custom-light: #f98f86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5a57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.208,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6585,
    "c": 0.18142,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5A57

secondary

#B5E9EA

accent

#D8DC0A

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190D0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5A57

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

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