#EC5651#EC5651

#EC5651 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.186 H 25.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5651
RGB	rgb(236, 86, 81)
HSL	hsl(2, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(2, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.6%, 65.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.16, 57.49, 34.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.16, 66.93, 30.81°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% 0.1681 0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.186 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4091, 25.0880, 10.5503)
Luminance	0.2508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5651 #51E7EC

analogous

#EC519A #EC5651 #ECA351

triadic

#EC5651 #51EC56 #5651EC

tetradic

#EC5651 #9AEC51 #51E7EC #A351EC

square

#EC5651 #9AEC51 #51E7EC #A351EC

split-complementary

#EC5651 #51ECA3 #519AEC

monochromatic

#AF1813 #E6201A #EC5651 #F28C88 #F8C1BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#EC5651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#EC5651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5651

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5651	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E754F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4954D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3356

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 86, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.186 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa8c82',
    500: '#ec5651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5651;
$custom-light: #fa8c82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.935,
    "s": 80.311,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65278,
    "c": 0.18634,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5651

secondary

#B0E7E9

accent

#D6DD09

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190D0A

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5651

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

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