#EC5F61#EC5F61

#EC5F61 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.175 H 22.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5F61
RGB	rgb(236, 95, 97)
HSL	hsl(359, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(359, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.7%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.87, 54.61, 27.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.87, 61.06, 26.57°)
OKLab	oklab(66.64% 0.1618 0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(66.64% 0.175 22.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.8457, 26.8856, 14.3455)
Luminance	0.2688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5F61 #5FECEA

analogous

#EC5FA7 #EC5F61 #ECA45F

triadic

#EC5F61 #61EC5F #5F61EC

tetradic

#EC5F61 #A7EC5F #5FECEA #A45FEC

square

#EC5F61 #A7EC5F #5FECEA #A45FEC

split-complementary

#EC5F61 #5FECA4 #5FA7EC

monochromatic

#BA1618 #E6282B #EC5F61 #F29697 #F9CCCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#EC5F61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#EC5F61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5F61

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5F61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5F61	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827B60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6995E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF4461

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5f61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 95, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.175 22.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9928e',
    500: '#ec5f61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5f61;
$custom-light: #f9928e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5f61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.149,
    "s": 78.771,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66643,
    "c": 0.17489,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5F61

secondary

#BBEBEB

accent

#DBD80A

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#190D0C

muted

#877E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5F61

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

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