#EC6550#EC6550

#EC6550 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.171 H 31.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC6550
RGB	rgb(236, 101, 80)
HSL	hsl(8, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(8, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.2%, 66.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.64, 50.83, 37.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.64, 63.37, 36.67°)
OKLab	oklab(67.14% 0.147 0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(67.14% 0.171 31)
XYZ	xyz(40.6976, 27.7247, 10.7962)
Luminance	0.2772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC6550 #50D7EC

analogous

#EC5089 #EC6550 #ECB350

triadic

#EC6550 #50EC65 #6550EC

tetradic

#EC6550 #89EC50 #50D7EC #B350EC

square

#EC6550 #89EC50 #50D7EC #B350EC

split-complementary

#EC6550 #50ECB3 #5089EC

monochromatic

#AF2813 #E63519 #EC6550 #F29687 #F8C6BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#EC6550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#EC6550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC6550

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC6550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC6550	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897D4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF4961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec6550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 101, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.171 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f99581',
    500: '#ec6550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec6550;
$custom-light: #f99581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec6550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.077,
    "s": 80.412,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6714,
    "c": 0.17145,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.27719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC6550

secondary

#AFE1E9

accent

#C0DD09

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2EE

border

#D7CCC9

text

#190E0A

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC6550

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

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