#EC5C55#EC5C55

#EC5C55 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.180 H 26.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5C55
RGB	rgb(236, 92, 85)
HSL	hsl(3, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(3, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 64%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.18, 55.16, 33.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.18, 64.42, 31.10°)
OKLab	oklab(66.06% 0.1615 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(66.06% 0.18 26)
XYZ	xyz(40.0628, 26.1484, 11.5301)
Luminance	0.2614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5C55 #55E5EC

analogous

#EC559A #EC5C55 #ECA755

triadic

#EC5C55 #55EC5C #5C55EC

tetradic

#EC5C55 #9AEC55 #55E5EC #A755EC

square

#EC5C55 #9AEC55 #55E5EC #A755EC

split-complementary

#EC5C55 #55ECA7 #559AEC

monochromatic

#B31B14 #E6271E #EC5C55 #F2918C #F8C6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#EC5C55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#EC5C55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5C55

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5C55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5C55	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3D5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5c55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 92, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.180 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f99085',
    500: '#ec5c55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5c55;
$custom-light: #f99085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5c55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.781,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66061,
    "c": 0.17963,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.26143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5C55

secondary

#B3E7EA

accent

#D2DC09

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190D0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5C55

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

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