#EC5551#EC5551

#EC5551 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.187 H 25.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5551
RGB	rgb(236, 85, 81)
HSL	hsl(2, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(2, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 65.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.01, 57.91, 34.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.01, 67.20, 30.49°)
OKLab	oklab(65.16% 0.1694 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(65.16% 0.187 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.3298, 24.9294, 10.5238)
Luminance	0.2492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5551 #51E8EC

analogous

#EC519B #EC5551 #ECA251

triadic

#EC5551 #51EC55 #5551EC

tetradic

#EC5551 #9BEC51 #51E8EC #A251EC

square

#EC5551 #9BEC51 #51E8EC #A251EC

split-complementary

#EC5551 #51ECA2 #519BEC

monochromatic

#AF1713 #E61F1A #EC5551 #F28B88 #F8C1BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#EC5551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#EC5551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5551

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5551	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D744F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3954D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 85, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.187 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa8c82',
    500: '#ec5551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5551;
$custom-light: #fa8c82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.548,
    "s": 80.311,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65162,
    "c": 0.18734,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5551

secondary

#B0E7E9

accent

#D7DD09

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190D0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5551

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

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