#EC5F5E#EC5F5E

#EC5F5E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.175 H 23.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#EC5F5E
RGBrgb(236, 95, 94)
HSLhsl(0, 79%, 65%)
HSVhsv(0, 60%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 59.7%, 60.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LABlab(58.82, 54.41, 28.97)
CIE-LCHlch(58.82, 61.64, 28.03°)
OKLaboklab(66.59% 0.1607 0.0699)
OKLCHoklch(66.59% 0.175 23.5)
XYZxyz(40.7084, 26.8307, 13.6227)
Luminance0.2682 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#EC5F5E #5EEBEC
analogous
#EC5EA4 #EC5F5E #ECA65E
triadic
#EC5F5E #5EEC5F #5F5EEC
tetradic
#EC5F5E #A4EC5E #5EEBEC #A65EEC
square
#EC5F5E #A4EC5E #5EEBEC #A65EEC
split-complementary
#EC5F5E #5EECA6 #5EA4EC
monochromatic
#BA1716 #E62927 #EC5F5E #F29595 #F9CCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30
#EC5F5E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36
#EC5F5E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5F5E
6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##EC5F5E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##EC5F5E1.003.306.366.36
#FFFFFF3.301.0021.0021.00
#0000006.3621.001.001.00
##0000006.3621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#837B5D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A6995B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF4460
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ec5f5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 95, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.175 23.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9928b',
    500: '#ec5f5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ec5f5e;
$custom-light: #f9928b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ec5f5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.423,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66588,
    "c": 0.17522,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#EC5F5E
secondary
#BBEBEB
accent
#DADB0A
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF2F0
border
#D7CCCB
text
#190D0C
muted
#877E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5F5E

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#EC5F5E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva