#EC7872#EC7872

#EC7872 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.144 H 24.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC7872
RGB	rgb(236, 120, 114)
HSL	hsl(3, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(3, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.2%, 51.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.74, 44.09, 24.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.74, 50.24, 28.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% 0.1314 0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.144 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.3490, 32.4855, 19.8511)
Luminance	0.3248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC7872 #72E6EC

analogous

#EC72A9 #EC7872 #ECB572

triadic

#EC7872 #72EC78 #7872EC

tetradic

#EC7872 #A9EC72 #72E6EC #B572EC

square

#EC7872 #A9EC72 #72E6EC #B572EC

split-complementary

#EC7872 #72ECB5 #72A9EC

monochromatic

#C9241B #E5443C #EC7872 #F3ACA8 #FBDFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#EC7872 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#EC7872 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC7872

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC7872	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC7872	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938C71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA470

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF6677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec7872;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 120, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.144 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7a19a',
    500: '#ec7872',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec7872;
$custom-light: #f7a19a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec7872",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.951,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70427,
    "c": 0.14431,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC7872

secondary

#CBEDEF

accent

#CED80D

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#180F0E

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC7872

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

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