#EC5B5D#EC5B5D

#EC5B5D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.180 H 22.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5B5D
RGB	rgb(236, 91, 93)
HSL	hsl(359, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(359, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 60.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.14, 56.09, 28.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.14, 62.99, 27.07°)
OKLab	oklab(66.07% 0.1658 0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(66.07% 0.18 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.3127, 26.1107, 13.2709)
Luminance	0.2611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5B5D #5BECEA

analogous

#EC5BA6 #EC5B5D #ECA15B

triadic

#EC5B5D #5DEC5B #5B5DEC

tetradic

#EC5B5D #A6EC5B #5BECEA #A15BEC

square

#EC5B5D #A6EC5B #5BECEA #A15BEC

split-complementary

#EC5B5D #5BECA1 #5BA6EC

monochromatic

#B71517 #E62427 #EC5B5D #F29293 #F9C9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#EC5B5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#EC5B5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5B5D

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5B5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5B5D	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)

#80785C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3E5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5b5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 91, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.180 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f98f8b',
    500: '#ec5b5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5b5d;
$custom-light: #f98f8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5b5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.172,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66075,
    "c": 0.17965,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5B5D

secondary

#B8EBEA

accent

#DCD90A

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#190D0C

muted

#877E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5B5D

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

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