#EC5A66#EC5A66
#EC5A66 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.180 H 18.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EC5A66 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 90, 102) |
| HSL | hsl(355, 79%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(355, 62%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 61.9%, 56.8%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(58.14, 57.14, 23.48) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(58.14, 61.77, 22.33°) |
| OKLab | oklab(66.13% 0.1706 0.0578) |
| OKLCH | oklch(66.13% 0.18 18.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(40.6502, 26.1098, 15.4669) |
| Luminance | 0.2611 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 3.70
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 4.88
Coral Pink
#FF6163
ΔE00 4.99
Reddish Pink
#FE2C54
ΔE00 5.41
Red Pink
#FA2A55
ΔE00 5.66
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 5.95
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EC5A66 #5AECE0
analogous
#EC5AAF #EC5A66 #EC975A
triadic
#EC5A66 #66EC5A #5A66EC
tetradic
#EC5A66 #AFEC5A #5AECE0 #975AEC
square
#EC5A66 #AFEC5A #5AECE0 #975AEC
split-complementary
#EC5A66 #5AEC97 #5AAFEC
monochromatic
#B71522 #E62333 #EC5A66 #F29199 #F9C8CC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.38
#EC5A66 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.22
#EC5A66 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #EC5A66
6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EC5A66 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EC5A66 | 1.00 | 3.38 | 6.22 | 6.22 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.38 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.22 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.22 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#7E7966
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A39762
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF3F5F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8C8C8C
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ec5a66; /* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 90, 102); /* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.180 18.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f98f91',
500: '#ec5a66',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ec5a66; $custom-light: #f98f91; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ec5a66",
"rgb": {
"r": 236,
"g": 90,
"b": 102
},
"hsl": {
"h": 355.068,
"s": 79.348,
"l": 63.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.66126,
"c": 0.18013,
"h": 18.7
},
"luminance": 0.26105
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EC5A66
secondary
#B7EBE6
accent
#DCCA0A
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF1F0
border
#D7CBCB
text
#180D0C
muted
#867E7D