#EC5961#EC5961

#EC5961 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.181 H 20.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5961
RGB	rgb(236, 89, 97)
HSL	hsl(357, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(357, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.3%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.89, 57.22, 26.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.89, 62.86, 24.47°)
OKLab	oklab(65.91% 0.1701 0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(65.91% 0.181 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.3259, 25.8460, 14.1722)
Luminance	0.2584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5961 #59ECE4

analogous

#EC59AA #EC5961 #EC9A59

triadic

#EC5961 #61EC59 #5961EC

tetradic

#EC5961 #AAEC59 #59ECE4 #9A59EC

square

#EC5961 #AAEC59 #59ECE4 #9A59EC

split-complementary

#EC5961 #59EC9A #59AAEC

monochromatic

#B6151E #E6222D #EC5961 #F29095 #F9C7CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#EC5961 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#EC5961 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5961

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5961	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5961	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7860

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3975D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3C5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5961;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 89, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.181 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f98e8d',
    500: '#ec5961',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5961;
$custom-light: #f98e8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5961",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.735,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65909,
    "c": 0.18149,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5961

secondary

#B6EAE7

accent

#DCD00A

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#190D0C

muted

#877E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5961

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

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