#EC4B51#EC4B51

#EC4B51 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.197 H 22.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC4B51
RGB	rgb(236, 75, 81)
HSL	hsl(358, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(358, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.2%, 65.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.55, 61.87, 32.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.55, 69.79, 27.56°)
OKLab	oklab(64.07% 0.1819 0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(64.07% 0.197 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.5974, 23.4647, 10.2797)
Luminance	0.2346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC4B51 #4BECE6

analogous

#EC4BA1 #EC4B51 #EC954B

triadic

#EC4B51 #51EC4B #4B51EC

tetradic

#EC4B51 #A1EC4B #4BECE6 #954BEC

square

#EC4B51 #A1EC4B #4BECE6 #954BEC

split-complementary

#EC4B51 #4BEC95 #4BA1EC

monochromatic

#AB1218 #E2181F #EC4B51 #F28287 #F8BABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#EC4B51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#EC4B51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC4B51

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC4B51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC4B51	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776F50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0924C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF1C4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec4b51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 75, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.197 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa8782',
    500: '#ec4b51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec4b51;
$custom-light: #fa8782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec4b51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.764,
    "s": 80.905,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6407,
    "c": 0.19716,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC4B51

secondary

#ABE8E5

accent

#DDD508

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC4B51

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

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