#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 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 104, 86) |
| HSL | hsl(7, 80%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(7, 64%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 63.6%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(60.26, 49.79, 35.28) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(60.26, 61.02, 35.33°) |
| OKLab | oklab(67.64% 0.1448 0.0833) |
| OKLCH | oklch(67.64% 0.167 29.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(41.2259, 28.4106, 12.1152) |
| Luminance | 0.2841 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Coral (survey)
#FC5A50
ΔE00 3.33
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 4.28
Tomato
#FF6347
ΔE00 4.33
Orange Pink
#FF6F52
ΔE00 4.67
Coral Pink
#FF6163
ΔE00 5.62
Salmon (survey)
#FF796C
ΔE00 5.62
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EC6856 | 1.00 | 3.14 | 6.68 | 6.68 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.14 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.68 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.68 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
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