#EC5E51#EC5E51

#EC5E51 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.178 H 28.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5E51
RGB	rgb(236, 94, 81)
HSL	hsl(5, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(5, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.2%, 65.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.45, 54.05, 35.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.45, 64.86, 33.56°)
OKLab	oklab(66.25% 0.1573 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(66.25% 0.178 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.0839, 26.4377, 10.7752)
Luminance	0.2643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5E51 #51DFEC

analogous

#EC5192 #EC5E51 #ECAB51

triadic

#EC5E51 #51EC5E #5E51EC

tetradic

#EC5E51 #92EC51 #51DFEC #AB51EC

square

#EC5E51 #92EC51 #51DFEC #AB51EC

split-complementary

#EC5E51 #51ECAB #5192EC

monochromatic

#AF2013 #E62B1A #EC5E51 #F29188 #F8C4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#EC5E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#EC5E51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5E51

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5E51	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83794F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7984D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF405C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 94, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.178 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f99182',
    500: '#ec5e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5e51;
$custom-light: #f99182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.032,
    "s": 80.311,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66247,
    "c": 0.17827,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5E51

secondary

#B0E4E9

accent

#CBDD09

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190D0A

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5E51

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

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