#EC6457#EC6457

#EC6457 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.171 H 28.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC6457
RGB	rgb(236, 100, 87)
HSL	hsl(5, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(5, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.6%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.56, 51.70, 33.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.56, 61.81, 33.23°)
OKLab	oklab(67.11% 0.151 0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(67.11% 0.171 28)
XYZ	xyz(40.8734, 27.6406, 12.1978)
Luminance	0.2763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC6457 #57DFEC

analogous

#EC5794 #EC6457 #ECAE57

triadic

#EC6457 #57EC64 #6457EC

tetradic

#EC6457 #94EC57 #57DFEC #AE57EC

square

#EC6457 #94EC57 #57DFEC #AE57EC

split-complementary

#EC6457 #57ECAE #5794EC

monochromatic

#B42214 #E63120 #EC6457 #F2978E #F8C9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#EC6457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#EC6457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC6457

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC6457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC6457	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877D55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99A54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF4962

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec6457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 100, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.171 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f99586',
    500: '#ec6457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec6457;
$custom-light: #f99586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec6457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.235,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67114,
    "c": 0.171,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.27635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC6457

secondary

#B5E5EA

accent

#CADC0A

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#190E0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC6457

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

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