#EC6461#EC6461

#EC6461 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.169 H 24.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC6461
RGB	rgb(236, 100, 97)
HSL	hsl(1, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(1, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.6%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.72, 52.36, 28.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.72, 59.57, 28.49°)
OKLab	oklab(67.29% 0.1547 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(67.29% 0.169 24)
XYZ	xyz(41.3106, 27.8155, 14.5005)
Luminance	0.2781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC6461 #61E9EC

analogous

#EC61A3 #EC6461 #ECA961

triadic

#EC6461 #61EC64 #6461EC

tetradic

#EC6461 #A3EC61 #61E9EC #A961EC

square

#EC6461 #A3EC61 #61E9EC #A961EC

split-complementary

#EC6461 #61ECA9 #61A3EC

monochromatic

#BC1A17 #E52E2A #EC6461 #F39A98 #F9CFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#EC6461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#EC6461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC6461

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC6461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC6461	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867E60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89B5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF4B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec6461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 100, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.169 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8958e',
    500: '#ec6461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec6461;
$custom-light: #f8958e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec6461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.295,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67286,
    "c": 0.16937,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.2781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC6461

secondary

#BDEBEC

accent

#D6DB0B

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180E0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC6461

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

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