#EC6540#EC6540

#EC6540 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.175 H 36.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC6540
RGB	rgb(236, 101, 64)
HSL	hsl(13, 82%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(13, 73%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.2%, 72.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.45, 50.03, 46.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.45, 68.07, 42.70°)
OKLab	oklab(66.94% 0.1416 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(66.94% 0.175 36.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.1753, 27.5158, 8.0450)
Luminance	0.2751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC6540 #40C7EC

analogous

#EC4071 #EC6540 #ECBB40

triadic

#EC6540 #40EC65 #6540EC

tetradic

#EC6540 #71EC40 #40C7EC #BB40EC

square

#EC6540 #71EC40 #40C7EC #BB40EC

split-complementary

#EC6540 #40ECBB #4071EC

monochromatic

#A22F10 #D94016 #EC6540 #F29278 #F7BFAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#EC6540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#EC6540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC6540

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC6540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC6540	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7D3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF475D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec6540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 101, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.175 36.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa9576',
    500: '#ec6540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec6540;
$custom-light: #fa9576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec6540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.907,
    "s": 81.905,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66935,
    "c": 0.17542,
    "h": 36.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC6540

secondary

#A2D7E6

accent

#CDF830

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#190E09

muted

#877E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC6540

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

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