#EC6A43#EC6A43

#EC6A43 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.170 H 37.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC6A43
RGB	rgb(236, 106, 67)
HSL	hsl(14, 82%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(14, 72%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 71.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.38, 47.82, 45.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.38, 66.11, 43.66°)
OKLab	oklab(67.65% 0.1353 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(67.65% 0.17 37.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.7633, 28.5515, 8.6735)
Luminance	0.2855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC6A43 #43C5EC

analogous

#EC4371 #EC6A43 #ECBF43

triadic

#EC6A43 #43EC6A #6A43EC

tetradic

#EC6A43 #71EC43 #43C5EC #BF43EC

square

#EC6A43 #71EC43 #43C5EC #BF43EC

split-complementary

#EC6A43 #43ECBF #4371EC

monochromatic

#A43311 #DC4416 #EC6A43 #F2967B #F7C2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#EC6A43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#EC6A43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC6A43

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC6A43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC6A43	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D803E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF4E61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec6a43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 106, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.170 37.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa9879',
    500: '#ec6a43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec6a43;
$custom-light: #fa9879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec6a43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.846,
    "s": 81.643,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67654,
    "c": 0.17009,
    "h": 37.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC6A43

secondary

#A4D7E6

accent

#CAF830

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#190E09

muted

#877E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC6A43

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

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