#EC6A61#EC6A61

#EC6A61 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.163 H 26.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC6A61
RGB	rgb(236, 106, 97)
HSL	hsl(4, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(4, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.79, 49.57, 29.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.79, 57.83, 31.01°)
OKLab	oklab(68.09% 0.146 0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(68.09% 0.163 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.9074, 29.0091, 14.6994)
Luminance	0.2900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC6A61 #61E3EC

analogous

#EC619D #EC6A61 #ECAF61

triadic

#EC6A61 #61EC6A #6A61EC

tetradic

#EC6A61 #9DEC61 #61E3EC #AF61EC

square

#EC6A61 #9DEC61 #61E3EC #AF61EC

split-complementary

#EC6A61 #61ECAF #619DEC

monochromatic

#BC2117 #E5362A #EC6A61 #F39E98 #F9D1CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#EC6A61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#EC6A61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC6A61

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC6A61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC6A61	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A815F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9D5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF5369

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec6a61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 106, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.163 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8988e',
    500: '#ec6a61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec6a61;
$custom-light: #f8988e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec6a61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.885,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68092,
    "c": 0.16279,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC6A61

secondary

#BDE9EC

accent

#CDDB0B

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180E0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC6A61

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

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