#EC5E49#EC5E49

#EC5E49 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.180 H 30.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5E49
RGB	rgb(236, 94, 73)
HSL	hsl(8, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(8, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.2%, 69.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.34, 53.63, 40.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.34, 66.98, 36.82°)
OKLab	oklab(66.13% 0.1544 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(66.13% 0.18 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.8014, 26.3247, 9.2874)
Luminance	0.2632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5E49 #49D7EC

analogous

#EC4985 #EC5E49 #ECAF49

triadic

#EC5E49 #49EC5E #5E49EC

tetradic

#EC5E49 #85EC49 #49D7EC #AF49EC

square

#EC5E49 #85EC49 #49D7EC #AF49EC

split-complementary

#EC5E49 #49ECAF #4985EC

monochromatic

#A92512 #E03117 #EC5E49 #F28F80 #F8C0B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#EC5E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#EC5E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5E49

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5E49	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 94, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.180 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa917c',
    500: '#ec5e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5e49;
$custom-light: #fa917c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.73,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66133,
    "c": 0.17985,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5E49

secondary

#A9DFE7

accent

#C2DD08

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5E49

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

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