#EC6842#EC6842

#EC6842 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.172 H 36.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC6842
RGB	rgb(236, 104, 66)
HSL	hsl(13, 82%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(13, 72%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 72%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.01, 48.72, 45.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.01, 66.83, 43.19°)
OKLab	oklab(67.37% 0.1379 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(67.37% 0.172 36.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.5298, 28.1322, 8.4490)
Luminance	0.2813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC6842 #42C6EC

analogous

#EC4271 #EC6842 #ECBD42

triadic

#EC6842 #42EC68 #6842EC

tetradic

#EC6842 #71EC42 #42C6EC #BD42EC

square

#EC6842 #71EC42 #42C6EC #BD42EC

split-complementary

#EC6842 #42ECBD #4271EC

monochromatic

#A33110 #DB4216 #EC6842 #F2947A #F7C1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#EC6842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#EC6842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC6842

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC6842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC6842	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF4B60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec6842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 104, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.172 36.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa9778',
    500: '#ec6842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec6842;
$custom-light: #fa9778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec6842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.412,
    "s": 81.731,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67366,
    "c": 0.17217,
    "h": 36.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC6842

secondary

#A4D7E6

accent

#CBF830

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#190E09

muted

#877E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC6842

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

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