#EC6A49#EC6A49

#EC6A49 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.168 H 35.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC6A49
RGB	rgb(236, 106, 73)
HSL	hsl(12, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(12, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 69.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.45, 48.11, 42.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.45, 64.25, 41.51°)
OKLab	oklab(67.73% 0.1373 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(67.73% 0.168 35.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.9527, 28.6272, 9.6711)
Luminance	0.2862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC6A49 #49CBEC

analogous

#EC4979 #EC6A49 #ECBB49

triadic

#EC6A49 #49EC6A #6A49EC

tetradic

#EC6A49 #79EC49 #49CBEC #BB49EC

square

#EC6A49 #79EC49 #49CBEC #BB49EC

split-complementary

#EC6A49 #49ECBB #4979EC

monochromatic

#A93012 #E04017 #EC6A49 #F29780 #F8C5B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#EC6A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#EC6A49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC6A49

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC6A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC6A49	1.00	3.12	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF4F63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec6a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 106, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.168 35.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9987d',
    500: '#ec6a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec6a49;
$custom-light: #f9987d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec6a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.147,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67727,
    "c": 0.16841,
    "h": 35.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC6A49

secondary

#A9DBE7

accent

#B2DD08

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2EE

border

#D7CCC9

text

#190E0A

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC6A49

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

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