#EC6172#EC6172

#EC6172 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.172 H 15.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC6172
RGB	rgb(236, 97, 114)
HSL	hsl(353, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(353, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.9%, 51.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.53, 55.01, 18.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.53, 58.00, 18.48°)
OKLab	oklab(67.24% 0.1655 0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(67.24% 0.172 15.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.9074, 27.6023, 19.0372)
Luminance	0.2760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC6172 #61ECDB

analogous

#EC61B7 #EC6172 #EC9561

triadic

#EC6172 #72EC61 #6172EC

tetradic

#EC6172 #B7EC61 #61ECDB #9561EC

square

#EC6172 #B7EC61 #61ECDB #9561EC

split-complementary

#EC6172 #61EC95 #61B7EC

monochromatic

#BC172B #E52A41 #EC6172 #F398A3 #F9CED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#EC6172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#EC6172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC6172

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC6172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC6172	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817D72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49A6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF4B68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec6172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 97, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.172 15.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8939a',
    500: '#ec6172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec6172;
$custom-light: #f8939a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec6172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.662,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67244,
    "c": 0.17186,
    "h": 15.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC6172

secondary

#BDECE6

accent

#DBC10B

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FFF2F2

border

#D7CCCC

text

#180D0E

muted

#867E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC6172

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

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