#EC5E57#EC5E57

#EC5E57 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.177 H 25.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5E57
RGB	rgb(236, 94, 87)
HSL	hsl(3, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(3, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.2%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.54, 54.40, 32.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.54, 63.42, 30.92°)
OKLab	oklab(66.34% 0.1595 0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(66.34% 0.177 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.3189, 26.5317, 12.0130)
Luminance	0.2653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5E57 #57E5EC

analogous

#EC579A #EC5E57 #ECA857

triadic

#EC5E57 #57EC5E #5E57EC

tetradic

#EC5E57 #9AEC57 #57E5EC #A857EC

square

#EC5E57 #9AEC57 #57E5EC #A857EC

split-complementary

#EC5E57 #57ECA8 #579AEC

monochromatic

#B41C14 #E62920 #EC5E57 #F2938E #F8C7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#EC5E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#EC5E57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5E57

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5E57	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837A55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF415D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 94, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.177 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f99186',
    500: '#ec5e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5e57;
$custom-light: #f99186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.819,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66342,
    "c": 0.17725,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5E57

secondary

#B5E7EA

accent

#D2DC0A

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190D0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5E57

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

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