#EC5E55#EC5E55

#EC5E55 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.178 H 26.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5E55
RGB	rgb(236, 94, 85)
HSL	hsl(4, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(4, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.2%, 64%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.51, 54.28, 33.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.51, 63.88, 31.82°)
OKLab	oklab(66.31% 0.1587 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(66.31% 0.178 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.2384, 26.4995, 11.5886)
Luminance	0.2649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5E55 #55E3EC

analogous

#EC5597 #EC5E55 #ECA955

triadic

#EC5E55 #55EC5E #5E55EC

tetradic

#EC5E55 #97EC55 #55E3EC #A955EC

square

#EC5E55 #97EC55 #55E3EC #A955EC

split-complementary

#EC5E55 #55ECA9 #5597EC

monochromatic

#B31D14 #E62A1E #EC5E55 #F2928C #F8C6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#EC5E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#EC5E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5E55

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5E55	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837A53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF405D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 94, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.178 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f99185',
    500: '#ec5e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5e55;
$custom-light: #f99185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.576,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6631,
    "c": 0.17757,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5E55

secondary

#B3E6EA

accent

#D0DC09

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190D0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5E55

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

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