#EC5A62#EC5A62

#EC5A62 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.180 H 20.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5A62
RGB	rgb(236, 90, 98)
HSL	hsl(357, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(357, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.9%, 58.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.07, 56.86, 25.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.07, 62.39, 24.32°)
OKLab	oklab(66.05% 0.1691 0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(66.05% 0.18 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.4566, 26.0324, 14.4473)
Luminance	0.2603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5A62 #5AECE4

analogous

#EC5AAB #EC5A62 #EC9B5A

triadic

#EC5A62 #62EC5A #5A62EC

tetradic

#EC5A62 #ABEC5A #5AECE4 #9B5AEC

square

#EC5A62 #ABEC5A #5AECE4 #9B5AEC

split-complementary

#EC5A62 #5AEC9B #5AABEC

monochromatic

#B7151E #E6232E #EC5A62 #F29196 #F9C8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#EC5A62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#EC5A62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5A62

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5A62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5A62	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7861

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3975E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3E5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5a62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 90, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.180 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f98f8e',
    500: '#ec5a62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5a62;
$custom-light: #f98f8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5a62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.712,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66047,
    "c": 0.18032,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5A62

secondary

#B7EBE8

accent

#DCD00A

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#190D0C

muted

#877E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5A62

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

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