#EC4D51#EC4D51

#EC4D51 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.195 H 23.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC4D51
RGB	rgb(236, 77, 81)
HSL	hsl(358, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(358, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 65.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.83, 61.10, 32.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.83, 69.27, 28.11°)
OKLab	oklab(64.28% 0.1795 0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(64.28% 0.195 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7352, 23.7403, 10.3257)
Luminance	0.2374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC4D51 #4DECE8

analogous

#EC4DA0 #EC4D51 #EC994D

triadic

#EC4D51 #51EC4D #4D51EC

tetradic

#EC4D51 #A0EC4D #4DECE8 #994DEC

square

#EC4D51 #A0EC4D #4DECE8 #994DEC

split-complementary

#EC4D51 #4DEC99 #4DA0EC

monochromatic

#AC1216 #E4181D #EC4D51 #F28487 #F8BCBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#EC4D51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#EC4D51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC4D51

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC4D51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC4D51	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0924C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF2150

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec4d51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 77, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.195 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa8882',
    500: '#ec4d51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec4d51;
$custom-light: #fa8882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec4d51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.491,
    "s": 80.711,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64278,
    "c": 0.19523,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC4D51

secondary

#ADE8E7

accent

#DDD808

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC4D51

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

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