#EC5A61#EC5A61

#EC5A61 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.180 H 20.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5A61
RGB	rgb(236, 90, 97)
HSL	hsl(357, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(357, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.9%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.05, 56.79, 26.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.05, 62.56, 24.81°)
OKLab	oklab(66.03% 0.1687 0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(66.03% 0.18 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.4096, 26.0136, 14.2002)
Luminance	0.2601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5A61 #5AECE5

analogous

#EC5AAA #EC5A61 #EC9C5A

triadic

#EC5A61 #61EC5A #5A61EC

tetradic

#EC5A61 #AAEC5A #5AECE5 #9C5AEC

square

#EC5A61 #AAEC5A #5AECE5 #9C5AEC

split-complementary

#EC5A61 #5AEC9C #5AAAEC

monochromatic

#B7151D #E6232C #EC5A61 #F29196 #F9C8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#EC5A61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#EC5A61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5A61

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5A61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5A61	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7860

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4975D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3D5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5a61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 90, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.180 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f98f8d',
    500: '#ec5a61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5a61;
$custom-light: #f98f8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5a61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.123,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66028,
    "c": 0.18039,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5A61

secondary

#B7EBE8

accent

#DCD20A

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#190D0C

muted

#877E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5A61

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

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