#EC6B51#EC6B51
#EC6B51 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.165 H 33.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EC6B51 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 107, 81) |
| HSL | hsl(10, 80%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(10, 66%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 54.7%, 65.7%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(60.74, 48.07, 38.61) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(60.74, 61.66, 38.77°) |
| OKLab | oklab(67.97% 0.1386 0.0901) |
| OKLCH | oklch(67.97% 0.165 33) |
| XYZ | xyz(41.3388, 28.9475, 11.1935) |
| Luminance | 0.2894 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Tomato
#FF6347
ΔE00 3.34
Orange Pink
#FF6F52
ΔE00 3.52
Pinkish Orange
#FF724C
ΔE00 4.64
Coral (survey)
#FC5A50
ΔE00 4.81
Melon
#FF7855
ΔE00 4.91
Dark Peach
#DE7E5D
ΔE00 5.68
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EC6B51 #51D2EC
analogous
#EC5184 #EC6B51 #ECB951
triadic
#EC6B51 #51EC6B #6B51EC
tetradic
#EC6B51 #84EC51 #51D2EC #B951EC
square
#EC6B51 #84EC51 #51D2EC #B951EC
split-complementary
#EC6B51 #51ECB9 #5184EC
monochromatic
#AF2D13 #E63C1A #EC6B51 #F29A88 #F8C9BF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.09
#EC6B51 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.79
#EC6B51 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #EC6B51
6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EC6B51 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EC6B51 | 1.00 | 3.09 | 6.79 | 6.79 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.09 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.79 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.79 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#8D814E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AD9D4E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF5165
Achromatopsia (no color)
#929292
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ec6b51; /* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 107, 81); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.165 33.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f99982',
500: '#ec6b51',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ec6b51; $custom-light: #f99982; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ec6b51",
"rgb": {
"r": 236,
"g": 107,
"b": 81
},
"hsl": {
"h": 10.065,
"s": 80.311,
"l": 62.157
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.67974,
"c": 0.1653,
"h": 33
},
"luminance": 0.28942
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EC6B51
secondary
#B0DFE9
accent
#B9DD09
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF2EF
border
#D7CCCA
text
#190E0A
muted
#877E7C