#EC8161#EC8161

#EC8161 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.140 H 37.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8161
RGB	rgb(236, 129, 97)
HSL	hsl(14, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(14, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.3%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.28, 38.21, 35.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.28, 52.15, 42.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% 0.1108 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.14 37.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.6035, 34.4012, 15.5981)
Luminance	0.3440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8161 #61CCEC

analogous

#EC6186 #EC8161 #ECC661

triadic

#EC8161 #61EC81 #8161EC

tetradic

#EC8161 #86EC61 #61CCEC #C661EC

square

#EC8161 #86EC61 #61CCEC #C661EC

split-complementary

#EC8161 #61ECC6 #6186EC

monochromatic

#BC3D17 #E5552A #EC8161 #F3AD98 #F9D8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#EC8161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#EC8161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8161

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8161	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C905E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF6E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 129, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.140 37.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7a78e',
    500: '#ec8161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8161;
$custom-light: #f7a78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.813,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71508,
    "c": 0.13958,
    "h": 37.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8161

secondary

#BDE1EC

accent

#ABDB0B

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8161

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

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