#EC8261#EC8261

#EC8261 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.139 H 38.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8261
RGB	rgb(236, 130, 97)
HSL	hsl(14, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(14, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.9%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.49, 37.69, 35.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.49, 51.95, 43.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% 0.1092 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.139 38)
XYZ	xyz(44.7358, 34.6659, 15.6422)
Luminance	0.3466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8261 #61CBEC

analogous

#EC6185 #EC8261 #ECC861

triadic

#EC8261 #61EC82 #8261EC

tetradic

#EC8261 #85EC61 #61CBEC #C861EC

square

#EC8261 #85EC61 #61CBEC #C861EC

split-complementary

#EC8261 #61ECC8 #6185EC

monochromatic

#BC3E17 #E5572A #EC8261 #F3AD98 #F9D8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#EC8261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#EC8261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8261

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8261	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D915E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF6F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 130, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.139 38.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7a88e',
    500: '#ec8261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8261;
$custom-light: #f7a88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.245,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71667,
    "c": 0.1387,
    "h": 38
  },
  "luminance": 0.34661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8261

secondary

#BDE1EC

accent

#A9DB0B

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8261

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

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