#EC4F51#EC4F51

#EC4F51 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.193 H 23.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC4F51
RGB	rgb(236, 79, 81)
HSL	hsl(359, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(359, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.5%, 65.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.11, 60.33, 32.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.11, 68.76, 28.67°)
OKLab	oklab(64.49% 0.177 0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(64.49% 0.193 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.8773, 24.0244, 10.3730)
Luminance	0.2402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC4F51 #4FECEA

analogous

#EC4F9F #EC4F51 #EC9C4F

triadic

#EC4F51 #51EC4F #4F51EC

tetradic

#EC4F51 #9FEC4F #4FECEA #9C4FEC

square

#EC4F51 #9FEC4F #4FECEA #9C4FEC

split-complementary

#EC4F51 #4FEC9C #4F9FEC

monochromatic

#AE1315 #E5191B #EC4F51 #F28688 #F8BDBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#EC4F51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#EC4F51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC4F51

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC4F51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC4F51	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1934C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF2651

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec4f51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 79, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.193 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa8982',
    500: '#ec4f51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec4f51;
$custom-light: #fa8982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec4f51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.236,
    "s": 80.513,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64492,
    "c": 0.19328,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC4F51

secondary

#AEE8E8

accent

#DDDA09

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC4F51

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

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