#EC5D49#EC5D49

#EC5D49 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.181 H 30.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5D49
RGB	rgb(236, 93, 73)
HSL	hsl(7, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(7, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 69.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.18, 54.07, 39.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.18, 67.22, 36.46°)
OKLab	oklab(66.01% 0.1558 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(66.01% 0.181 30.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7131, 26.1480, 9.2579)
Luminance	0.2614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5D49 #49D8EC

analogous

#EC4986 #EC5D49 #ECAE49

triadic

#EC5D49 #49EC5D #5D49EC

tetradic

#EC5D49 #86EC49 #49D8EC #AE49EC

square

#EC5D49 #86EC49 #49D8EC #AE49EC

split-complementary

#EC5D49 #49ECAE #4986EC

monochromatic

#A92412 #E03017 #EC5D49 #F28E80 #F8C0B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#EC5D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#EC5D49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5D49

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5D49	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)

#847846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3D59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 93, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.181 30.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa907c',
    500: '#ec5d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5d49;
$custom-light: #fa907c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.362,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66007,
    "c": 0.18083,
    "h": 30.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5D49

secondary

#A9E0E7

accent

#C3DD08

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5D49

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

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