#EC5C56#EC5C56

#EC5C56 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.179 H 25.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5C56
RGB	rgb(236, 92, 86)
HSL	hsl(2, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(2, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.19, 55.22, 32.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.19, 64.19, 30.65°)
OKLab	oklab(66.08% 0.1618 0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(66.08% 0.179 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.1028, 26.1644, 11.7408)
Luminance	0.2616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5C56 #56E6EC

analogous

#EC569B #EC5C56 #ECA756

triadic

#EC5C56 #56EC5C #5C56EC

tetradic

#EC5C56 #9BEC56 #56E6EC #A756EC

square

#EC5C56 #9BEC56 #56E6EC #A756EC

split-complementary

#EC5C56 #56ECA7 #569BEC

monochromatic

#B31B14 #E6271F #EC5C56 #F2918D #F8C6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#EC5C56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#EC5C56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5C56

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5C56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5C56	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)

#817854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3E5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5c56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 92, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.179 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f99086',
    500: '#ec5c56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5c56;
$custom-light: #f99086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5c56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.4,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66077,
    "c": 0.17948,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5C56

secondary

#B4E8EA

accent

#D4DC09

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190D0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5C56

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

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