#EC6151#EC6151

#EC6151 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.175 H 29.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC6151
RGB	rgb(236, 97, 81)
HSL	hsl(6, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(6, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.9%, 65.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.96, 52.71, 36.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.96, 64.10, 34.68°)
OKLab	oklab(66.63% 0.1531 0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(66.63% 0.175 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.3559, 26.9817, 10.8659)
Luminance	0.2698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC6151 #51DCEC

analogous

#EC518E #EC6151 #ECAF51

triadic

#EC6151 #51EC61 #6151EC

tetradic

#EC6151 #8EEC51 #51DCEC #AF51EC

square

#EC6151 #8EEC51 #51DCEC #AF51EC

split-complementary

#EC6151 #51ECAF #518EEC

monochromatic

#AF2313 #E62F1A #EC6151 #F29388 #F8C5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#EC6151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#EC6151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC6151

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC6151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC6151	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867B4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8994D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF445E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec6151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 97, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.175 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f99382',
    500: '#ec6151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec6151;
$custom-light: #f99382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec6151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.194,
    "s": 80.311,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6663,
    "c": 0.17523,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC6151

secondary

#B0E3E9

accent

#C7DD09

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#190D0A

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC6151

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

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