#EC685C#EC685C
#EC685C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.166 H 27.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EC685C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 104, 92) |
| HSL | hsl(5, 79%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(5, 61%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 61%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(60.35, 50.17, 32.05) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(60.35, 59.53, 32.57°) |
| OKLab | oklab(67.73% 0.1471 0.0767) |
| OKLCH | oklch(67.73% 0.166 27.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(41.4779, 28.5114, 13.4422) |
| Luminance | 0.2851 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Coral (survey)
#FC5A50
ΔE00 3.30
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 3.45
Coral Pink
#FF6163
ΔE00 4.23
Salmon (survey)
#FF796C
ΔE00 5.20
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 5.44
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 5.64
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EC685C #5CE0EC
analogous
#EC5C98 #EC685C #ECB05C
triadic
#EC685C #5CEC68 #685CEC
tetradic
#EC685C #98EC5C #5CE0EC #B05CEC
square
#EC685C #98EC5C #5CE0EC #B05CEC
split-complementary
#EC685C #5CECB0 #5C98EC
monochromatic
#B82315 #E63525 #EC685C #F29B93 #F9CECA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.13
#EC685C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.70
#EC685C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #EC685C
6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EC685C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EC685C | 1.00 | 3.13 | 6.70 | 6.70 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.13 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.70 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.70 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#89805A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AA9C59
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF4F66
Achromatopsia (no color)
#919191
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ec685c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 104, 92); /* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.166 27.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f8978a',
500: '#ec685c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ec685c; $custom-light: #f8978a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ec685c",
"rgb": {
"r": 236,
"g": 104,
"b": 92
},
"hsl": {
"h": 5,
"s": 79.121,
"l": 64.314
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.67732,
"c": 0.16585,
"h": 27.5
},
"luminance": 0.28506
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EC685C
secondary
#B9E7EB
accent
#CADB0A
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF2F0
border
#D7CCCB
text
#180E0B
muted
#867E7C