#EC5B61#EC5B61

#EC5B61 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.179 H 21.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5B61
RGB	rgb(236, 91, 97)
HSL	hsl(358, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(358, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.21, 56.36, 26.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.21, 62.26, 25.15°)
OKLab	oklab(66.15% 0.1674 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(66.15% 0.179 21)
XYZ	xyz(40.4946, 26.1834, 14.2285)
Luminance	0.2618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5B61 #5BECE6

analogous

#EC5BAA #EC5B61 #EC9E5B

triadic

#EC5B61 #61EC5B #5B61EC

tetradic

#EC5B61 #AAEC5B #5BECE6 #9E5BEC

square

#EC5B61 #AAEC5B #5BECE6 #9E5BEC

split-complementary

#EC5B61 #5BEC9E #5BAAEC

monochromatic

#B7151C #E6242C #EC5B61 #F29296 #F9C9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#EC5B61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#EC5B61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5B61

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5B61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5B61	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7960

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4975D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3F5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5b61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 91, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.179 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f98f8d',
    500: '#ec5b61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5b61;
$custom-light: #f98f8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5b61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.517,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66149,
    "c": 0.1793,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.26178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5B61

secondary

#B8EBE9

accent

#DCD30A

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#190D0C

muted

#877E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5B61

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

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