#EC6261#EC6261

#EC6261 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.172 H 23.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC6261
RGB	rgb(236, 98, 97)
HSL	hsl(0, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(0, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.38, 53.27, 27.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.38, 60.16, 27.71°)
OKLab	oklab(67.03% 0.1576 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(67.03% 0.172 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.1211, 27.4365, 14.4373)
Luminance	0.2743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC6261 #61EBEC

analogous

#EC61A5 #EC6261 #ECA861

triadic

#EC6261 #61EC62 #6261EC

tetradic

#EC6261 #A5EC61 #61EBEC #A861EC

square

#EC6261 #A5EC61 #61EBEC #A861EC

split-complementary

#EC6261 #61ECA8 #61A5EC

monochromatic

#BC1817 #E52C2A #EC6261 #F39898 #F9CFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#EC6261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#EC6261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC6261

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC6261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC6261	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847D60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79A5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF4863

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec6261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 98, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.172 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8948e',
    500: '#ec6261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec6261;
$custom-light: #f8948e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec6261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.432,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67025,
    "c": 0.17158,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC6261

secondary

#BDEBEC

accent

#D9DB0B

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180D0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC6261

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

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