#EC6456#EC6456

#EC6456 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.171 H 28.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC6456
RGB	rgb(236, 100, 86)
HSL	hsl(6, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(6, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.6%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.55, 51.64, 34.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.55, 62.05, 33.68°)
OKLab	oklab(67.1% 0.1506 0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(67.1% 0.171 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.8328, 27.6244, 11.9841)
Luminance	0.2762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC6456 #56DEEC

analogous

#EC5693 #EC6456 #ECAF56

triadic

#EC6456 #56EC64 #6456EC

tetradic

#EC6456 #93EC56 #56DEEC #AF56EC

square

#EC6456 #93EC56 #56DEEC #AF56EC

split-complementary

#EC6456 #56ECAF #5693EC

monochromatic

#B32314 #E6321F #EC6456 #F2968D #F8C9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#EC6456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#EC6456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC6456

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC6456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC6456	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877D54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99A53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF4961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec6456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 100, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.171 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f99586',
    500: '#ec6456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec6456;
$custom-light: #f99586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec6456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.6,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67098,
    "c": 0.17119,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC6456

secondary

#B4E5EA

accent

#C8DC09

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#190E0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC6456

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

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