#EC5C53#EC5C53

#EC5C53 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.180 H 26.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5C53
RGB	rgb(236, 92, 83)
HSL	hsl(4, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(4, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 64.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.15, 55.04, 34.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.15, 64.89, 31.98°)
OKLab	oklab(66.03% 0.1607 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(66.03% 0.18 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.9845, 26.1171, 11.1175)
Luminance	0.2611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5C53 #53E3EC

analogous

#EC5397 #EC5C53 #ECA853

triadic

#EC5C53 #53EC5C #5C53EC

tetradic

#EC5C53 #97EC53 #53E3EC #A853EC

square

#EC5C53 #97EC53 #53E3EC #A853EC

split-complementary

#EC5C53 #53ECA8 #5397EC

monochromatic

#B11D14 #E6281C #EC5C53 #F2908A #F8C4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#EC5C53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#EC5C53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5C53

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5C53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5C53	1.00	3.37	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.37	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)

#827851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6974F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3D5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5c53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 92, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.180 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f99083',
    500: '#ec5c53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5c53;
$custom-light: #f99083;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5c53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.529,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66029,
    "c": 0.17995,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5C53

secondary

#B2E6E9

accent

#D0DC09

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190D0A

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5C53

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

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