#EC6961#EC6961

#EC6961 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.164 H 25.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC6961
RGB	rgb(236, 105, 97)
HSL	hsl(3, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(3, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.61, 50.04, 29.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.61, 58.12, 30.58°)
OKLab	oklab(67.96% 0.1475 0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(67.96% 0.164 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.8050, 28.8042, 14.6653)
Luminance	0.2880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC6961 #61E4EC

analogous

#EC619F #EC6961 #ECAE61

triadic

#EC6961 #61EC69 #6961EC

tetradic

#EC6961 #9FEC61 #61E4EC #AE61EC

square

#EC6961 #9FEC61 #61E4EC #AE61EC

split-complementary

#EC6961 #61ECAE #619FEC

monochromatic

#BC2017 #E5352A #EC6961 #F39D98 #F9D1CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#EC6961 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#EC6961 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC6961

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC6961	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC6961	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898160

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9D5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF5268

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec6961;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 105, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.164 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8988e',
    500: '#ec6961',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec6961;
$custom-light: #f8988e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec6961",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.453,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67955,
    "c": 0.16389,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC6961

secondary

#BDE9EC

accent

#CFDB0B

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180E0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC6961

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

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