#EC6656#EC6656

#EC6656 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.169 H 29.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC6656
RGB	rgb(236, 102, 86)
HSL	hsl(6, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(6, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.8%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.90, 50.72, 34.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.90, 61.53, 34.49°)
OKLab	oklab(67.36% 0.1477 0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(67.36% 0.169 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.0270, 28.0127, 12.0488)
Luminance	0.2801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC6656 #56DCEC

analogous

#EC5691 #EC6656 #ECB156

triadic

#EC6656 #56EC66 #6656EC

tetradic

#EC6656 #91EC56 #56DCEC #B156EC

square

#EC6656 #91EC56 #56DCEC #B156EC

split-complementary

#EC6656 #56ECB1 #5691EC

monochromatic

#B32514 #E6341F #EC6656 #F2988D #F8CAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#EC6656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#EC6656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC6656

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC6656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC6656	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897E54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF4C63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec6656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 102, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.169 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f99686',
    500: '#ec6656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec6656;
$custom-light: #f99686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec6656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.4,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67365,
    "c": 0.16913,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC6656

secondary

#B4E4EA

accent

#C6DC09

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#190E0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC6656

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

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