#EC7272#EC7272

#EC7272 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.151 H 21.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC7272
RGB	rgb(236, 114, 114)
HSL	hsl(0, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(0, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.7%, 51.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.58, 47.05, 22.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.58, 52.16, 25.58°)
OKLab	oklab(69.55% 0.1405 0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(69.55% 0.151 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.6499, 31.0873, 19.6181)
Luminance	0.3108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC7272 #72ECEC

analogous

#EC72AF #EC7272 #ECAF72

triadic

#EC7272 #72EC72 #7272EC

tetradic

#EC7272 #AFEC72 #72ECEC #AF72EC

square

#EC7272 #AFEC72 #72ECEC #AF72EC

split-complementary

#EC7272 #72ECAF #72AFEC

monochromatic

#C91B1B #E53C3C #EC7272 #F3A8A8 #FBDEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#EC7272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#EC7272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC7272

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC7272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC7272	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8871

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA16F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF5F73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec7272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 114, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.151 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f79e9a',
    500: '#ec7272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec7272;
$custom-light: #f79e9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec7272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69547,
    "c": 0.15132,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC7272

secondary

#CBEFEF

accent

#D8D80D

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FFF2F2

border

#D7CCCC

text

#180F0E

muted

#867E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC7272

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

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