#EC6551#EC6551

#EC6551 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.171 H 30.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC6551
RGB	rgb(236, 101, 81)
HSL	hsl(8, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(8, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.2%, 65.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.65, 50.89, 37.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.65, 63.10, 36.25°)
OKLab	oklab(67.16% 0.1474 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(67.16% 0.171 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.7349, 27.7396, 10.9922)
Luminance	0.2773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC6551 #51D8EC

analogous

#EC518B #EC6551 #ECB351

triadic

#EC6551 #51EC65 #6551EC

tetradic

#EC6551 #8BEC51 #51D8EC #B351EC

square

#EC6551 #8BEC51 #51D8EC #B351EC

split-complementary

#EC6551 #51ECB3 #518BEC

monochromatic

#AF2713 #E6341A #EC6551 #F29688 #F8C7BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#EC6551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#EC6551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC6551

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC6551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC6551	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887D4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF4961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec6551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 101, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.171 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f99582',
    500: '#ec6551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec6551;
$custom-light: #f99582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec6551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.742,
    "s": 80.311,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67155,
    "c": 0.17122,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC6551

secondary

#B0E2E9

accent

#C1DD09

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#190E0A

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC6551

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

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