#EC5E5B#EC5E5B

#EC5E5B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.177 H 24.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5E5B
RGB	rgb(236, 94, 91)
HSL	hsl(1, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(1, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.2%, 61.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.60, 54.65, 30.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.60, 62.54, 29.08°)
OKLab	oklab(66.41% 0.161 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(66.41% 0.177 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.4869, 26.5989, 12.8976)
Luminance	0.2659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5E5B #5BE9EC

analogous

#EC5BA1 #EC5E5B #ECA65B

triadic

#EC5E5B #5BEC5E #5E5BEC

tetradic

#EC5E5B #A1EC5B #5BE9EC #A65BEC

square

#EC5E5B #A1EC5B #5BE9EC #A65BEC

split-complementary

#EC5E5B #5BECA6 #5BA1EC

monochromatic

#B71915 #E62824 #EC5E5B #F29492 #F9CAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#EC5E5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#EC5E5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5E5B

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5E5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5E5B	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	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)

#827A5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF425E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5e5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 94, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.177 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f99189',
    500: '#ec5e5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5e5b;
$custom-light: #f99189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5e5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.241,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6641,
    "c": 0.17667,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5E5B

secondary

#B8EAEB

accent

#D7DC0A

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#190D0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5E5B

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

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