#EC5851#EC5851

#EC5851 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.184 H 26.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5851
RGB	rgb(236, 88, 81)
HSL	hsl(3, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(3, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 65.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.47, 56.65, 34.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.47, 66.41, 31.46°)
OKLab	oklab(65.51% 0.1654 0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(65.51% 0.184 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.5710, 25.4118, 10.6042)
Luminance	0.2541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5851 #51E5EC

analogous

#EC5197 #EC5851 #ECA651

triadic

#EC5851 #51EC58 #5851EC

tetradic

#EC5851 #97EC51 #51E5EC #A651EC

square

#EC5851 #97EC51 #51E5EC #A651EC

split-complementary

#EC5851 #51ECA6 #5197EC

monochromatic

#AF1A13 #E6231A #EC5851 #F28D88 #F8C2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#EC5851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#EC5851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5851

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5851	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F764F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4964D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3658

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 88, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.184 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa8e82',
    500: '#ec5851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5851;
$custom-light: #fa8e82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.71,
    "s": 80.311,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65513,
    "c": 0.18433,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5851

secondary

#B0E6E9

accent

#D3DD09

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190D0A

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5851

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

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