#EC6161#EC6161

#EC6161 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.173 H 22.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC6161
RGB	rgb(236, 97, 97)
HSL	hsl(0, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(0, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.9%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.21, 53.72, 27.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.21, 60.46, 27.32°)
OKLab	oklab(66.9% 0.159 0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(66.9% 0.173 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.0281, 27.2506, 14.4063)
Luminance	0.2725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC6161 #61ECEC

analogous

#EC61A6 #EC6161 #ECA661

triadic

#EC6161 #61EC61 #6161EC

tetradic

#EC6161 #A6EC61 #61ECEC #A661EC

square

#EC6161 #A6EC61 #61ECEC #A661EC

split-complementary

#EC6161 #61ECA6 #61A6EC

monochromatic

#BC1717 #E52A2A #EC6161 #F39898 #F9CECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#EC6161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#EC6161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC6161

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC6161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC6161	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847C60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69A5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF4762

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec6161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 97, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.173 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8938e',
    500: '#ec6161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec6161;
$custom-light: #f8938e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec6161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66897,
    "c": 0.17268,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC6161

secondary

#BDECEC

accent

#DBDB0B

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180D0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC6161

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →