#EC5F55#EC5F55

#EC5F55 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.177 H 27.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5F55
RGB	rgb(236, 95, 85)
HSL	hsl(4, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(4, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.7%, 64%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.68, 53.84, 33.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.68, 63.62, 32.19°)
OKLab	oklab(66.44% 0.1573 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(66.44% 0.177 27)
XYZ	xyz(40.3279, 26.6785, 11.6184)
Luminance	0.2667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5F55 #55E2EC

analogous

#EC5596 #EC5F55 #ECAB55

triadic

#EC5F55 #55EC5F #5F55EC

tetradic

#EC5F55 #96EC55 #55E2EC #AB55EC

square

#EC5F55 #96EC55 #55E2EC #AB55EC

split-complementary

#EC5F55 #55ECAB #5596EC

monochromatic

#B31E14 #E62B1E #EC5F55 #F2938C #F8C7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#EC5F55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#EC5F55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5F55

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5F55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5F55	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)

#847A53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF425E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5f55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 95, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.177 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f99285',
    500: '#ec5f55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5f55;
$custom-light: #f99285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5f55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.974,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66436,
    "c": 0.17653,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.26673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5F55

secondary

#B3E6EA

accent

#CEDC09

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#190D0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5F55

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

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