#EC5F57#EC5F57

#EC5F57 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.176 H 26.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5F57
RGB	rgb(236, 95, 87)
HSL	hsl(3, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(3, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.7%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.71, 53.96, 32.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.71, 63.15, 31.29°)
OKLab	oklab(66.47% 0.1581 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(66.47% 0.176 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.4084, 26.7107, 12.0428)
Luminance	0.2671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5F57 #57E4EC

analogous

#EC579A #EC5F57 #ECA957

triadic

#EC5F57 #57EC5F #5F57EC

tetradic

#EC5F57 #9AEC57 #57E4EC #A957EC

square

#EC5F57 #9AEC57 #57E4EC #A957EC

split-complementary

#EC5F57 #57ECA9 #579AEC

monochromatic

#B41D14 #E62B20 #EC5F57 #F2938E #F8C8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#EC5F57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#EC5F57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5F57

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5F57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5F57	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837A55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF425E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5f57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 95, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.176 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f99286',
    500: '#ec5f57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5f57;
$custom-light: #f99286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5f57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.221,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66468,
    "c": 0.1762,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5F57

secondary

#B5E7EA

accent

#D1DC0A

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#190D0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5F57

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

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