#EC5F5F#EC5F5F

#EC5F5F is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.175 H 23.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5F5F
RGB	rgb(236, 95, 95)
HSL	hsl(0, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(0, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.7%, 59.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.83, 54.47, 28.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.83, 61.44, 27.55°)
OKLab	oklab(66.61% 0.1611 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(66.61% 0.175 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.7536, 26.8488, 13.8605)
Luminance	0.2684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5F5F #5FECEC

analogous

#EC5FA6 #EC5F5F #ECA65F

triadic

#EC5F5F #5FEC5F #5F5FEC

tetradic

#EC5F5F #A6EC5F #5FECEC #A65FEC

square

#EC5F5F #A6EC5F #5FECEC #A65FEC

split-complementary

#EC5F5F #5FECA6 #5FA6EC

monochromatic

#BA1616 #E62828 #EC5F5F #F29696 #F9CCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#EC5F5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#EC5F5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5F5F

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5F5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5F5F	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827B5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6995C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF4460

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5f5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 95, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.175 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9928c',
    500: '#ec5f5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5f5f;
$custom-light: #f9928c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5f5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 78.771,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66606,
    "c": 0.17511,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5F5F

secondary

#BBEBEB

accent

#DBDB0A

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#190D0C

muted

#877E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5F5F

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

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