#EC5051#EC5051

#EC5051 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.192 H 23.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5051
RGB	rgb(236, 80, 81)
HSL	hsl(360, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(360, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.1%, 65.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.26, 59.93, 33.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.26, 68.50, 28.96°)
OKLab	oklab(64.6% 0.1758 0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(64.6% 0.192 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.9500, 24.1698, 10.3972)
Luminance	0.2416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5051 #50ECEB

analogous

#EC509F #EC5051 #EC9D50

triadic

#EC5051 #51EC50 #5051EC

tetradic

#EC5051 #9FEC50 #50ECEB #9D50EC

square

#EC5051 #9FEC50 #50ECEB #9D50EC

split-complementary

#EC5051 #50EC9D #509FEC

monochromatic

#AF1314 #E6191A #EC5051 #F28788 #F8BEBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#EC5051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#EC5051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5051

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5051	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1934D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF2852

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 80, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.192 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa8982',
    500: '#ec5051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5051;
$custom-light: #fa8982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.615,
    "s": 80.412,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.646,
    "c": 0.1923,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5051

secondary

#AFE9E8

accent

#DDDB09

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5051

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

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