#EC5E5A#EC5E5A

#EC5E5A is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.177 H 24.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5E5A
RGB	rgb(236, 94, 90)
HSL	hsl(2, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(2, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.2%, 61.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.59, 54.59, 30.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.59, 62.75, 29.55°)
OKLab	oklab(66.39% 0.1606 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(66.39% 0.177 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.4441, 26.5818, 12.6719)
Luminance	0.2658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5E5A #5AE8EC

analogous

#EC5A9F #EC5E5A #ECA75A

triadic

#EC5E5A #5AEC5E #5E5AEC

tetradic

#EC5E5A #9FEC5A #5AE8EC #A75AEC

square

#EC5E5A #9FEC5A #5AE8EC #A75AEC

split-complementary

#EC5E5A #5AECA7 #5A9FEC

monochromatic

#B71915 #E62823 #EC5E5A #F29491 #F9C9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#EC5E5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#EC5E5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5E5A

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5E5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5E5A	1.00	3.33	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827A59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF415E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5e5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 94, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.177 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f99188',
    500: '#ec5e5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5e5a;
$custom-light: #f99188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5e5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.644,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66393,
    "c": 0.17681,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5E5A

secondary

#B7E9EB

accent

#D6DC0A

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#190D0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5E5A

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

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