#EC5F53#EC5F53

#EC5F53 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.177 H 27.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5F53
RGB	rgb(236, 95, 83)
HSL	hsl(5, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(5, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.7%, 64.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.65, 53.72, 34.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.65, 64.10, 33.07°)
OKLab	oklab(66.4% 0.1566 0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(66.4% 0.177 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.2495, 26.6472, 11.2059)
Luminance	0.2664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5F53 #53E0EC

analogous

#EC5393 #EC5F53 #ECAC53

triadic

#EC5F53 #53EC5F #5F53EC

tetradic

#EC5F53 #93EC53 #53E0EC #AC53EC

square

#EC5F53 #93EC53 #53E0EC #AC53EC

split-complementary

#EC5F53 #53ECAC #5393EC

monochromatic

#B12014 #E62C1C #EC5F53 #F2928A #F8C6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#EC5F53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#EC5F53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5F53

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5F53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5F53	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)

#847A51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7984F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF415D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5f53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 95, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.177 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f99283',
    500: '#ec5f53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5f53;
$custom-light: #f99283;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5f53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.706,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66404,
    "c": 0.17688,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5F53

secondary

#B2E5E9

accent

#CCDC09

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#190D0A

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5F53

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

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