#EC6E57#EC6E57

#EC6E57 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.161 H 32.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC6E57
RGB	rgb(236, 110, 87)
HSL	hsl(9, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(9, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.4%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.38, 47.00, 36.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.38, 59.27, 37.53°)
OKLab	oklab(68.49% 0.1363 0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(68.49% 0.161 32)
XYZ	xyz(41.8921, 29.6780, 12.5374)
Luminance	0.2967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC6E57 #57D5EC

analogous

#EC578A #EC6E57 #ECB857

triadic

#EC6E57 #57EC6E #6E57EC

tetradic

#EC6E57 #8AEC57 #57D5EC #B857EC

square

#EC6E57 #8AEC57 #57D5EC #B857EC

split-complementary

#EC6E57 #57ECB8 #578AEC

monochromatic

#B42D14 #E63F20 #EC6E57 #F29D8E #F8CDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#EC6E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#EC6E57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC6E57

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC6E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC6E57	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)

#8E8354

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9F54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF5669

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec6e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 110, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.161 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f89b87',
    500: '#ec6e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec6e57;
$custom-light: #f89b87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec6e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.262,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68486,
    "c": 0.16079,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.29673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC6E57

secondary

#B5E2EA

accent

#BBDC0A

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC6E57

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

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