#EC6649#EC6649

#EC6649 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.172 H 33.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC6649
RGB	rgb(236, 102, 73)
HSL	hsl(11, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(11, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.8%, 69.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.73, 49.99, 41.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.73, 65.13, 39.86°)
OKLab	oklab(67.18% 0.1431 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(67.18% 0.172 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.5500, 27.8220, 9.5369)
Luminance	0.2782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC6649 #49CFEC

analogous

#EC497D #EC6649 #ECB849

triadic

#EC6649 #49EC66 #6649EC

tetradic

#EC6649 #7DEC49 #49CFEC #B849EC

square

#EC6649 #7DEC49 #49CFEC #B849EC

split-complementary

#EC6649 #49ECB8 #497DEC

monochromatic

#A92D12 #E03B17 #EC6649 #F29580 #F8C3B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#EC6649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#EC6649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC6649

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC6649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC6649	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7E46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF4A60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec6649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 102, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.172 33.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9967d',
    500: '#ec6649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec6649;
$custom-light: #f9967d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec6649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.675,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67178,
    "c": 0.17217,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC6649

secondary

#A9DCE7

accent

#B7DD08

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2EE

border

#D7CCC9

text

#190E09

muted

#877E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC6649

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

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