#EC6E55#EC6E55
#EC6E55 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.161 H 32.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EC6E55 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 110, 85) |
| HSL | hsl(10, 80%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(10, 64%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 53.4%, 64%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(61.35, 46.87, 37.17) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(61.35, 59.82, 38.41°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.46% 0.1356 0.0874) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.46% 0.161 32.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(41.8115, 29.6457, 12.1130) |
| Luminance | 0.2964 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Orange Pink
#FF6F52
ΔE00 3.39
Tomato
#FF6347
ΔE00 3.66
Pinkish Orange
#FF724C
ΔE00 4.63
Melon
#FF7855
ΔE00 4.66
Coral (survey)
#FC5A50
ΔE00 4.95
Dark Peach
#DE7E5D
ΔE00 5.34
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EC6E55 #55D3EC
analogous
#EC5587 #EC6E55 #ECBA55
triadic
#EC6E55 #55EC6E #6E55EC
tetradic
#EC6E55 #87EC55 #55D3EC #BA55EC
square
#EC6E55 #87EC55 #55D3EC #BA55EC
split-complementary
#EC6E55 #55ECBA #5587EC
monochromatic
#B32E14 #E63F1E #EC6E55 #F29D8C #F8CCC3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.03
#EC6E55 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.93
#EC6E55 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #EC6E55
6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EC6E55 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EC6E55 | 1.00 | 3.03 | 6.93 | 6.93 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.03 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.93 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.93 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#8F8352
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AE9E52
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF5668
Achromatopsia (no color)
#949494
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ec6e55; /* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 110, 85); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.161 32.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f99b85',
500: '#ec6e55',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ec6e55; $custom-light: #f99b85; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ec6e55",
"rgb": {
"r": 236,
"g": 110,
"b": 85
},
"hsl": {
"h": 9.934,
"s": 79.894,
"l": 62.941
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68456,
"c": 0.16132,
"h": 32.8
},
"luminance": 0.29641
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EC6E55
secondary
#B3E1EA
accent
#B9DC09
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF2EF
border
#D7CCCA
text
#190E0B
muted
#877E7C