#EC5751#EC5751

#EC5751 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.185 H 25.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5751
RGB	rgb(236, 87, 81)
HSL	hsl(2, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(2, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.1%, 65.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.32, 57.07, 34.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.32, 66.67, 31.13°)
OKLab	oklab(65.4% 0.1668 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(65.4% 0.185 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.4895, 25.2488, 10.5771)
Luminance	0.2524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5751 #51E6EC

analogous

#EC5198 #EC5751 #ECA551

triadic

#EC5751 #51EC57 #5751EC

tetradic

#EC5751 #98EC51 #51E6EC #A551EC

square

#EC5751 #98EC51 #51E6EC #A551EC

split-complementary

#EC5751 #51ECA5 #5198EC

monochromatic

#AF1913 #E6221A #EC5751 #F28C88 #F8C2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#EC5751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#EC5751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5751

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5751	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F754F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4964D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3557

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 87, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.185 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa8d82',
    500: '#ec5751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5751;
$custom-light: #fa8d82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.323,
    "s": 80.311,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65395,
    "c": 0.18533,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5751

secondary

#B0E7E9

accent

#D4DD09

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190D0A

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5751

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →