#EC6B56#EC6B56

#EC6B56 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.164 H 31.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC6B56
RGB	rgb(236, 107, 86)
HSL	hsl(8, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(8, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.7%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.80, 48.37, 35.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.80, 60.27, 36.62°)
OKLab	oklab(68.05% 0.1404 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(68.05% 0.164 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.5333, 29.0253, 12.2176)
Luminance	0.2902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC6B56 #56D7EC

analogous

#EC568C #EC6B56 #ECB656

triadic

#EC6B56 #56EC6B #6B56EC

tetradic

#EC6B56 #8CEC56 #56D7EC #B656EC

square

#EC6B56 #8CEC56 #56D7EC #B656EC

split-complementary

#EC6B56 #56ECB6 #568CEC

monochromatic

#B32A14 #E63B1F #EC6B56 #F29B8D #F8CBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#EC6B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#EC6B56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC6B56

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC6B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC6B56	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9D53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF5266

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec6b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 107, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.164 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f99986',
    500: '#ec6b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec6b56;
$custom-light: #f99986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec6b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.4,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68049,
    "c": 0.16404,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC6B56

secondary

#B4E2EA

accent

#BFDC09

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#190E0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC6B56

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

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