#EC6256#EC6256

#EC6256 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.173 H 27.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC6256
RGB	rgb(236, 98, 86)
HSL	hsl(5, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(5, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.20, 52.55, 33.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.20, 62.58, 32.89°)
OKLab	oklab(66.84% 0.1535 0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(66.84% 0.173 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.6433, 27.2454, 11.9210)
Luminance	0.2724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC6256 #56E0EC

analogous

#EC5695 #EC6256 #ECAD56

triadic

#EC6256 #56EC62 #6256EC

tetradic

#EC6256 #95EC56 #56E0EC #AD56EC

square

#EC6256 #95EC56 #56E0EC #AD56EC

split-complementary

#EC6256 #56ECAD #5695EC

monochromatic

#B32114 #E62F1F #EC6256 #F2958D #F8C8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#EC6256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#EC6256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC6256

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC6256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC6256	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867C54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89A53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF4660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec6256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 98, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.173 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f99386',
    500: '#ec6256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec6256;
$custom-light: #f99386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec6256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.8,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66836,
    "c": 0.17325,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC6256

secondary

#B4E5EA

accent

#CBDC09

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#190D0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC6256

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

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