#EC5E5D#EC5E5D

#EC5E5D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.176 H 23.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5E5D
RGB	rgb(236, 94, 93)
HSL	hsl(0, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(0, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.2%, 60.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.63, 54.78, 29.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.63, 62.13, 28.14°)
OKLab	oklab(66.44% 0.1617 0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(66.44% 0.176 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.5743, 26.6339, 13.3581)
Luminance	0.2663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5E5D #5DEBEC

analogous

#EC5DA3 #EC5E5D #ECA65D

triadic

#EC5E5D #5DEC5E #5E5DEC

tetradic

#EC5E5D #A3EC5D #5DEBEC #A65DEC

square

#EC5E5D #A3EC5D #5DEBEC #A65DEC

split-complementary

#EC5E5D #5DECA6 #5DA3EC

monochromatic

#B91716 #E62826 #EC5E5D #F29494 #F9CBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#EC5E5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#EC5E5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5E5D

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5E5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5E5D	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827A5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF425F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5e5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 94, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.176 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9918b',
    500: '#ec5e5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5e5d;
$custom-light: #f9918b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5e5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.42,
    "s": 79.006,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66445,
    "c": 0.17642,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5E5D

secondary

#BAEBEB

accent

#DADB0A

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#190D0C

muted

#877E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5E5D

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

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