#EC6856#EC6856

#EC6856 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.167 H 29.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#EC6856
RGBrgb(236, 104, 86)
HSLhsl(7, 80%, 63%)
HSVhsv(7, 64%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 55.9%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LABlab(60.26, 49.79, 35.28)
CIE-LCHlch(60.26, 61.02, 35.33°)
OKLaboklab(67.64% 0.1448 0.0833)
OKLCHoklch(67.64% 0.167 29.9)
XYZxyz(41.2259, 28.4106, 12.1152)
Luminance0.2841 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#EC6856 #56DAEC
analogous
#EC568F #EC6856 #ECB356
triadic
#EC6856 #56EC68 #6856EC
tetradic
#EC6856 #8FEC56 #56DAEC #B356EC
square
#EC6856 #8FEC56 #56DAEC #B356EC
split-complementary
#EC6856 #56ECB3 #568FEC
monochromatic
#B32714 #E6371F #EC6856 #F2998D #F8CAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14
#EC6856 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68
#EC6856 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC6856
6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##EC6856#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##EC68561.003.146.686.68
#FFFFFF3.141.0021.0021.00
#0000006.6821.001.001.00
##0000006.6821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8A8054
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AB9C53
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF4E64
Achromatopsia (no color)
#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ec6856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 104, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.167 29.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f99786',
    500: '#ec6856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ec6856;
$custom-light: #f99786;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ec6856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.2,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67635,
    "c": 0.16708,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#EC6856
secondary
#B4E3EA
accent
#C3DC09
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF2EF
border
#D7CCCA
text
#190E0B
muted
#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC6856

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#EC6856 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva