#EC8565#EC8565

#EC8565 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.135 H 38.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8565
RGB	rgb(236, 133, 101)
HSL	hsl(14, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(14, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 57.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.18, 36.45, 34.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.18, 50.15, 43.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% 0.106 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.135 38)
XYZ	xyz(45.3319, 35.5522, 16.7843)
Luminance	0.3555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8565 #65CCEC

analogous

#EC6588 #EC8565 #ECC865

triadic

#EC8565 #65EC85 #8565EC

tetradic

#EC8565 #88EC65 #65CCEC #C865EC

square

#EC8565 #88EC65 #65CCEC #C865EC

split-complementary

#EC8565 #65ECC8 #6588EC

monochromatic

#BF3F18 #E55A2F #EC8565 #F3B09B #F9DBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#EC8565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#EC8565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8565

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8565	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9362

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A964

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF737D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 133, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.135 38.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7aa91',
    500: '#ec8565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8565;
$custom-light: #f7aa91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.222,
    "s": 78.035,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72213,
    "c": 0.13454,
    "h": 38
  },
  "luminance": 0.35548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8565

secondary

#C0E2ED

accent

#A9DA0B

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100D

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8565

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

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