#EC5C62#EC5C62

#EC5C62 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.178 H 20.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5C62
RGB	rgb(236, 92, 98)
HSL	hsl(358, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(358, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 58.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.39, 55.99, 26.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.39, 61.79, 25.01°)
OKLab	oklab(66.29% 0.1664 0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(66.29% 0.178 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.6275, 26.3743, 14.5043)
Luminance	0.2637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5C62 #5CECE6

analogous

#EC5CAA #EC5C62 #EC9E5C

triadic

#EC5C62 #62EC5C #5C62EC

tetradic

#EC5C62 #AAEC5C #5CECE6 #9E5CEC

square

#EC5C62 #AAEC5C #5CECE6 #9E5CEC

split-complementary

#EC5C62 #5CEC9E #5CAAEC

monochromatic

#B8151C #E6252D #EC5C62 #F29397 #F9CACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#EC5C62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#EC5C62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5C62

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5C62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5C62	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807961

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4985E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF405F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5c62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 92, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.178 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9908e',
    500: '#ec5c62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5c62;
$custom-light: #f9908e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5c62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.5,
    "s": 79.121,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6629,
    "c": 0.17811,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5C62

secondary

#B9EBE9

accent

#DBD30A

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#190D0C

muted

#877E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5C62

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

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