#EC5E53#EC5E53

#EC5E53 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.178 H 27.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5E53
RGB	rgb(236, 94, 83)
HSL	hsl(4, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(4, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.2%, 64.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.48, 54.16, 34.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.48, 64.36, 32.70°)
OKLab	oklab(66.28% 0.158 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(66.28% 0.178 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.1600, 26.4682, 11.1760)
Luminance	0.2646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5E53 #53E1EC

analogous

#EC5394 #EC5E53 #ECAB53

triadic

#EC5E53 #53EC5E #5E53EC

tetradic

#EC5E53 #94EC53 #53E1EC #AB53EC

square

#EC5E53 #94EC53 #53E1EC #AB53EC

split-complementary

#EC5E53 #53ECAB #5394EC

monochromatic

#B11F14 #E62A1C #EC5E53 #F2928A #F8C5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#EC5E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#EC5E53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5E53

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5E53	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7984F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF405C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 94, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.178 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f99183',
    500: '#ec5e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5e53;
$custom-light: #f99183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.314,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66278,
    "c": 0.17791,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5E53

secondary

#B2E5E9

accent

#CDDC09

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190D0A

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5E53

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

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