#EC8581#EC8581

#EC8581 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.127 H 23.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8581
RGB	rgb(236, 133, 129)
HSL	hsl(2, 74%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(2, 45%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 45.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.67, 38.89, 19.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.67, 43.56, 26.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% 0.1168 0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.127 23)
XYZ	xyz(46.9448, 36.1973, 25.2790)
Luminance	0.3619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8581 #81E8EC

analogous

#EC81B3 #EC8581 #ECBB81

triadic

#EC8581 #81EC85 #8581EC

tetradic

#EC8581 #B3EC81 #81E8EC #BB81EC

square

#EC8581 #B3EC81 #81E8EC #BB81EC

split-complementary

#EC8581 #81ECBB #81B3EC

monochromatic

#D32620 #E4524C #EC8581 #F4B8B6 #FBE5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#EC8581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#EC8581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8581

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8581	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9580

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AA7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7785

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 133, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.127 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6aaa5',
    500: '#ec8581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8581;
$custom-light: #f6aaa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.243,
    "s": 73.793,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72752,
    "c": 0.12691,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.36193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8581

secondary

#D7F1F2

accent

#CED610

background

#FFFAFA

surface

#FFF4F4

border

#D7CECE

text

#18100F

muted

#867F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8581

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

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