#EC7974#EC7974

#EC7974 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.143 H 23.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC7974
RGB	rgb(236, 121, 116)
HSL	hsl(3, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(3, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.7%, 50.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.98, 43.77, 23.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.98, 49.57, 27.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% 0.1306 0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.143 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.5850, 32.7733, 20.4975)
Luminance	0.3277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC7974 #74E7EC

analogous

#EC74AB #EC7974 #ECB574

triadic

#EC7974 #74EC79 #7974EC

tetradic

#EC7974 #ABEC74 #74E7EC #B574EC

square

#EC7974 #ABEC74 #74E7EC #B574EC

split-complementary

#EC7974 #74ECB5 #74ABEC

monochromatic

#CA231C #E5453E #EC7974 #F3ADAA #FBE1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#EC7974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#EC7974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC7974

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC7974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC7974	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938C73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A472

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF6878

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec7974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 121, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.143 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7a29c',
    500: '#ec7974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec7974;
$custom-light: #f7a29c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec7974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.5,
    "s": 75.949,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70618,
    "c": 0.14284,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC7974

secondary

#CCEEEF

accent

#D0D80D

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#180F0E

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC7974

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

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