#EC5261#EC5261

#EC5261 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.189 H 18.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5261
RGB	rgb(236, 82, 97)
HSL	hsl(354, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(354, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.3%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.82, 60.11, 24.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.82, 64.96, 22.28°)
OKLab	oklab(65.11% 0.1792 0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(65.11% 0.189 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7708, 24.7359, 13.9872)
Luminance	0.2473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5261 #52ECDD

analogous

#EC52AE #EC5261 #EC9052

triadic

#EC5261 #61EC52 #5261EC

tetradic

#EC5261 #AEEC52 #52ECDD #9052EC

square

#EC5261 #AEEC52 #52ECDD #9052EC

split-complementary

#EC5261 #52EC90 #52AEEC

monochromatic

#B01323 #E61B2F #EC5261 #F28993 #F8C0C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#EC5261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#EC5261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5261

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5261	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797461

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0945D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 82, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.189 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f98b8d',
    500: '#ec5261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5261;
$custom-light: #f98b8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.156,
    "s": 80.208,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65105,
    "c": 0.18906,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5261

secondary

#B1E9E4

accent

#DDC809

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#190C0C

muted

#877D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5261

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

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