#EC5B46#EC5B46

#EC5B46 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.183 H 30.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5B46
RGB	rgb(236, 91, 70)
HSL	hsl(8, 81%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(8, 70%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 70.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.81, 54.79, 41.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.81, 68.53, 36.91°)
OKLab	oklab(65.72% 0.1575 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(65.72% 0.183 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.4427, 25.7627, 8.6889)
Luminance	0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5B46 #46D7EC

analogous

#EC4684 #EC5B46 #ECAE46

triadic

#EC5B46 #46EC5B #5B46EC

tetradic

#EC5B46 #84EC46 #46D7EC #AE46EC

square

#EC5B46 #84EC46 #46D7EC #AE46EC

split-complementary

#EC5B46 #46ECAE #4684EC

monochromatic

#A72411 #DE3017 #EC5B46 #F28C7D #F7BDB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#EC5B46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#EC5B46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5B46

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5B46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5B46	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)

#837743

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3957

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5b46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 91, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.183 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa8f7a',
    500: '#ec5b46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5b46;
$custom-light: #fa8f7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5b46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.59,
    "s": 81.373,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6572,
    "c": 0.18337,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5B46

secondary

#A7DFE7

accent

#DEF830

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5B46

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →