#EC5C49#EC5C49

#EC5C49 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.182 H 30.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5C49
RGB	rgb(236, 92, 73)
HSL	hsl(7, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(7, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 69.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.01, 54.51, 39.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.01, 67.46, 36.11°)
OKLab	oklab(65.88% 0.1572 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(65.88% 0.182 30.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.6259, 25.9736, 9.2288)
Luminance	0.2597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5C49 #49D9EC

analogous

#EC4987 #EC5C49 #ECAD49

triadic

#EC5C49 #49EC5C #5C49EC

tetradic

#EC5C49 #87EC49 #49D9EC #AD49EC

square

#EC5C49 #87EC49 #49D9EC #AD49EC

split-complementary

#EC5C49 #49ECAD #4987EC

monochromatic

#A92312 #E02F17 #EC5C49 #F28E80 #F8BFB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#EC5C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#EC5C49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5C49

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5C49	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3B58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 92, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.182 30.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa907c',
    500: '#ec5c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5c49;
$custom-light: #fa907c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.994,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65883,
    "c": 0.18179,
    "h": 30.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5C49

secondary

#A9E0E7

accent

#C5DD08

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5C49

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

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