#EC6249#EC6249

#EC6249 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.176 H 32.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC6249
RGB	rgb(236, 98, 73)
HSL	hsl(9, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(9, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 69.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.02, 51.83, 40.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.02, 66.04, 38.30°)
OKLab	oklab(66.65% 0.1488 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(66.65% 0.176 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.1664, 27.0546, 9.4090)
Luminance	0.2705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC6249 #49D3EC

analogous

#EC4982 #EC6249 #ECB349

triadic

#EC6249 #49EC62 #6249EC

tetradic

#EC6249 #82EC49 #49D3EC #B349EC

square

#EC6249 #82EC49 #49D3EC #B349EC

split-complementary

#EC6249 #49ECB3 #4982EC

monochromatic

#A92912 #E03617 #EC6249 #F29280 #F8C2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#EC6249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#EC6249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC6249

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC6249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC6249	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877B46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF445D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec6249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 98, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.176 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa937d',
    500: '#ec6249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec6249;
$custom-light: #fa937d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec6249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.202,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66647,
    "c": 0.17599,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC6249

secondary

#A9DEE7

accent

#BDDD08

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2EE

border

#D7CCC9

text

#190D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC6249

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

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