#EC6A55#EC6A55
#EC6A55 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.165 H 31.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EC6A55 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 106, 85) |
| HSL | hsl(8, 80%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(8, 64%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 64%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(60.61, 48.78, 36.26) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(60.61, 60.79, 36.63°) |
| OKLab | oklab(67.89% 0.1415 0.0854) |
| OKLCH | oklch(67.89% 0.165 31.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(41.3896, 28.8020, 11.9723) |
| Luminance | 0.2880 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Tomato
#FF6347
ΔE00 3.87
Coral (survey)
#FC5A50
ΔE00 3.88
Orange Pink
#FF6F52
ΔE00 4.06
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 5.00
Pinkish Orange
#FF724C
ΔE00 5.66
Salmon (survey)
#FF796C
ΔE00 5.67
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EC6A55 #55D7EC
analogous
#EC558C #EC6A55 #ECB555
triadic
#EC6A55 #55EC6A #6A55EC
tetradic
#EC6A55 #8CEC55 #55D7EC #B555EC
square
#EC6A55 #8CEC55 #55D7EC #B555EC
split-complementary
#EC6A55 #55ECB5 #558CEC
monochromatic
#B32A14 #E63A1E #EC6A55 #F29A8C #F8CAC3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.11
#EC6A55 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.76
#EC6A55 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #EC6A55
6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EC6A55 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EC6A55 | 1.00 | 3.11 | 6.76 | 6.76 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.11 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.76 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.76 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#8C8152
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AC9D52
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF5165
Achromatopsia (no color)
#929292
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ec6a55; /* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 106, 85); /* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.165 31.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f99885',
500: '#ec6a55',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ec6a55; $custom-light: #f99885; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ec6a55",
"rgb": {
"r": 236,
"g": 106,
"b": 85
},
"hsl": {
"h": 8.344,
"s": 79.894,
"l": 62.941
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.67894,
"c": 0.16528,
"h": 31.1
},
"luminance": 0.28797
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EC6A55
secondary
#B3E2EA
accent
#BFDC09
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF2EF
border
#D7CCCA
text
#190E0B
muted
#877E7C