#EC6565#EC6565

#EC6565 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.168 H 22.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC6565
RGB	rgb(236, 101, 101)
HSL	hsl(0, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(0, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.2%, 57.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.97, 52.18, 26.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.97, 58.51, 26.89°)
OKLab	oklab(67.49% 0.1548 0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(67.49% 0.168 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.5983, 28.0850, 15.5398)
Luminance	0.2808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC6565 #65ECEC

analogous

#EC65A8 #EC6565 #ECA865

triadic

#EC6565 #65EC65 #6565EC

tetradic

#EC6565 #A8EC65 #65ECEC #A865EC

square

#EC6565 #A8EC65 #65ECEC #A865EC

split-complementary

#EC6565 #65ECA8 #65A8EC

monochromatic

#BF1818 #E52F2F #EC6565 #F39B9B #F9D2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#EC6565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#EC6565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC6565

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC6565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC6565	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867F64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89B62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF4D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec6565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 101, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.168 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f89591',
    500: '#ec6565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec6565;
$custom-light: #f89591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec6565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 78.035,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67492,
    "c": 0.16777,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC6565

secondary

#C0EDED

accent

#DADA0B

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180E0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC6565

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

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