#EC6E61#EC6E61

#EC6E61 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.158 H 27.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC6E61
RGB	rgb(236, 110, 97)
HSL	hsl(6, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(6, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.4%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.53, 47.66, 30.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.53, 56.72, 32.82°)
OKLab	oklab(68.65% 0.1401 0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(68.65% 0.158 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.3293, 29.8529, 14.8400)
Luminance	0.2985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC6E61 #61DFEC

analogous

#EC6199 #EC6E61 #ECB461

triadic

#EC6E61 #61EC6E #6E61EC

tetradic

#EC6E61 #99EC61 #61DFEC #B461EC

square

#EC6E61 #99EC61 #61DFEC #B461EC

split-complementary

#EC6E61 #61ECB4 #6199EC

monochromatic

#BC2617 #E53C2A #EC6E61 #F3A098 #F9D2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#EC6E61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#EC6E61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC6E61

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC6E61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC6E61	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D845F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9F5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF586B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec6e61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 110, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.158 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f89b8e',
    500: '#ec6e61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec6e61;
$custom-light: #f89b8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec6e61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.612,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68651,
    "c": 0.15847,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC6E61

secondary

#BDE7EC

accent

#C7DB0B

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180E0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC6E61

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

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