#EC5F49#EC5F49

#EC5F49 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.179 H 31.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5F49
RGB	rgb(236, 95, 73)
HSL	hsl(8, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(8, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.7%, 69.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.51, 53.18, 40.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.51, 66.75, 37.18°)
OKLab	oklab(66.26% 0.153 0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(66.26% 0.179 31.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.8909, 26.5037, 9.3172)
Luminance	0.2650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5F49 #49D6EC

analogous

#EC4984 #EC5F49 #ECB049

triadic

#EC5F49 #49EC5F #5F49EC

tetradic

#EC5F49 #84EC49 #49D6EC #B049EC

square

#EC5F49 #84EC49 #49D6EC #B049EC

split-complementary

#EC5F49 #49ECB0 #4984EC

monochromatic

#A92612 #E03317 #EC5F49 #F29080 #F8C0B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#EC5F49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#EC5F49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5F49

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5F49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5F49	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF405A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5f49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 95, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.179 31.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa917c',
    500: '#ec5f49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5f49;
$custom-light: #fa917c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5f49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.098,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6626,
    "c": 0.17888,
    "h": 31.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5F49

secondary

#A9DFE7

accent

#C1DD08

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2EE

border

#D7CCC9

text

#190D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5F49

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

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