#EC8181#EC8181

#EC8181 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.132 H 20.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8181
RGB	rgb(236, 129, 129)
HSL	hsl(0, 74%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(0, 45%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.3%, 45.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.84, 40.94, 18.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.84, 44.92, 24.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% 0.1231 0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.132 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.4076, 35.1229, 25.1000)
Luminance	0.3512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8181 #81ECEC

analogous

#EC81B7 #EC8181 #ECB781

triadic

#EC8181 #81EC81 #8181EC

tetradic

#EC8181 #B7EC81 #81ECEC #B781EC

square

#EC8181 #B7EC81 #81ECEC #B781EC

split-complementary

#EC8181 #81ECB7 #81B7EC

monochromatic

#D32020 #E44C4C #EC8181 #F4B6B6 #FBE4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#EC8181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#EC8181 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8181

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8181	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989380

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A87F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7382

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 129, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.132 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6a7a5',
    500: '#ec8181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8181;
$custom-light: #f6a7a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 73.793,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72122,
    "c": 0.13174,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8181

secondary

#D7F2F2

accent

#D6D610

background

#FFFAFA

surface

#FFF4F4

border

#D7CECE

text

#18100F

muted

#867F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8181

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

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