#EC5351#EC5351

#EC5351 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.189 H 24.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5351
RGB	rgb(236, 83, 81)
HSL	hsl(1, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(1, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.8%, 65.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.70, 58.73, 33.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.70, 67.72, 29.86°)
OKLab	oklab(64.93% 0.172 0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(64.93% 0.189 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.1745, 24.6190, 10.4721)
Luminance	0.2461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5351 #51EAEC

analogous

#EC519D #EC5351 #ECA051

triadic

#EC5351 #51EC53 #5351EC

tetradic

#EC5351 #9DEC51 #51EAEC #A051EC

square

#EC5351 #9DEC51 #51EAEC #A051EC

split-complementary

#EC5351 #51ECA0 #519DEC

monochromatic

#AF1513 #E61C1A #EC5351 #F28A88 #F8C0BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#EC5351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#EC5351 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5351

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5351	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C734F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3944D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF2E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 83, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.189 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa8b82',
    500: '#ec5351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5351;
$custom-light: #fa8b82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.774,
    "s": 80.311,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64934,
    "c": 0.18934,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5351

secondary

#B0E8E9

accent

#DADD09

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5351

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

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