#EC5251#EC5251

#EC5251 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.190 H 24.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5251
RGB	rgb(236, 82, 81)
HSL	hsl(0, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(0, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.3%, 65.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.55, 59.13, 33.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.55, 67.98, 29.55°)
OKLab	oklab(64.82% 0.1732 0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(64.82% 0.19 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.0986, 24.4670, 10.4468)
Luminance	0.2446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5251 #51EBEC

analogous

#EC519E #EC5251 #ECA051

triadic

#EC5251 #51EC52 #5251EC

tetradic

#EC5251 #9EEC51 #51EBEC #A051EC

square

#EC5251 #9EEC51 #51EBEC #A051EC

split-complementary

#EC5251 #51ECA0 #519EEC

monochromatic

#AF1413 #E61B1A #EC5251 #F28988 #F8C0BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#EC5251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#EC5251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5251

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5251	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2944D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF2C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 82, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.190 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa8a82',
    500: '#ec5251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5251;
$custom-light: #fa8a82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.387,
    "s": 80.311,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64821,
    "c": 0.19033,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5251

secondary

#B0E8E9

accent

#DBDD09

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5251

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

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