#EC6257#EC6257

#EC6257 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.173 H 27.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC6257
RGB	rgb(236, 98, 87)
HSL	hsl(4, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(4, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.22, 52.61, 33.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.22, 62.34, 32.44°)
OKLab	oklab(66.85% 0.1538 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(66.85% 0.173 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.6839, 27.2616, 12.1346)
Luminance	0.2726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC6257 #57E1EC

analogous

#EC5796 #EC6257 #ECAD57

triadic

#EC6257 #57EC62 #6257EC

tetradic

#EC6257 #96EC57 #57E1EC #AD57EC

square

#EC6257 #96EC57 #57E1EC #AD57EC

split-complementary

#EC6257 #57ECAD #5796EC

monochromatic

#B42014 #E62F20 #EC6257 #F2958E #F8C9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#EC6257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#EC6257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC6257

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC6257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC6257	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)

#867C55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89A54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF4660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec6257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 98, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.173 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f99386',
    500: '#ec6257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec6257;
$custom-light: #f99386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec6257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.43,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66853,
    "c": 0.17307,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC6257

secondary

#B5E6EA

accent

#CCDC0A

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#190D0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC6257

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

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