#EC5E72#EC5E72

#EC5E72 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.175 H 14.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5E72
RGB	rgb(236, 94, 114)
HSL	hsl(352, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(352, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.2%, 51.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.03, 56.34, 17.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.03, 59.05, 17.44°)
OKLab	oklab(66.87% 0.1697 0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(66.87% 0.175 14.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.6354, 27.0583, 18.9466)
Luminance	0.2705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5E72 #5EECD8

analogous

#EC5EB9 #EC5E72 #EC915E

triadic

#EC5E72 #72EC5E #5E72EC

tetradic

#EC5E72 #B9EC5E #5EECD8 #915EEC

square

#EC5E72 #B9EC5E #5EECD8 #915EEC

split-complementary

#EC5E72 #5EEC91 #5EB9EC

monochromatic

#BA162D #E62742 #EC5E72 #F295A2 #F9CBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#EC5E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#EC5E72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5E72

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5E72	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7C72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3996F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF4766

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 94, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.175 14.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8919a',
    500: '#ec5e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5e72;
$custom-light: #f8919a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.549,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66869,
    "c": 0.17547,
    "h": 14.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5E72

secondary

#BBEBE4

accent

#DBBE0A

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FFF2F2

border

#D7CCCC

text

#180D0E

muted

#867E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5E72

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

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