#EC7856#EC7856

#EC7856 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.152 H 37.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC7856
RGB	rgb(236, 120, 86)
HSL	hsl(14, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(14, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.2%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.30, 42.02, 38.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.30, 57.32, 42.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.94% 0.1208 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(69.94% 0.152 37.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.9920, 31.9427, 12.7038)
Luminance	0.3194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC7856 #56CAEC

analogous

#EC567F #EC7856 #ECC356

triadic

#EC7856 #56EC78 #7856EC

tetradic

#EC7856 #7FEC56 #56CAEC #C356EC

square

#EC7856 #7FEC56 #56CAEC #C356EC

split-complementary

#EC7856 #56ECC3 #567FEC

monochromatic

#B33814 #E64C1F #EC7856 #F2A48D #F8D0C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#EC7856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#EC7856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC7856

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC7856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC7856	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968A53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF6270

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec7856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 120, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.152 37.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8a186',
    500: '#ec7856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec7856;
$custom-light: #f8a186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec7856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.6,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69943,
    "c": 0.15153,
    "h": 37.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC7856

secondary

#B4DEEA

accent

#ACDC09

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF3EF

border

#D7CDCA

text

#180F0B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC7856

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

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