#EC6E56#EC6E56

#EC6E56 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.161 H 32.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC6E56
RGB	rgb(236, 110, 86)
HSL	hsl(10, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(10, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.4%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.36, 46.93, 36.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.36, 59.54, 37.98°)
OKLab	oklab(68.47% 0.136 0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(68.47% 0.161 32.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.8515, 29.6618, 12.3237)
Luminance	0.2966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC6E56 #56D4EC

analogous

#EC5689 #EC6E56 #ECB956

triadic

#EC6E56 #56EC6E #6E56EC

tetradic

#EC6E56 #89EC56 #56D4EC #B956EC

square

#EC6E56 #89EC56 #56D4EC #B956EC

split-complementary

#EC6E56 #56ECB9 #5689EC

monochromatic

#B32E14 #E63F1F #EC6E56 #F29D8D #F8CCC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#EC6E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#EC6E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC6E56

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC6E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC6E56	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)

#8F8353

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF5669

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec6e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 110, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.161 32.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f89b86',
    500: '#ec6e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec6e56;
$custom-light: #f89b86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec6e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.6,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68471,
    "c": 0.16105,
    "h": 32.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC6E56

secondary

#B4E1EA

accent

#BADC09

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#190E0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC6E56

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

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