#EC7978#EC7978

#EC7978 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.142 H 21.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC7978
RGB	rgb(236, 121, 120)
HSL	hsl(1, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(1, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.7%, 49.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.05, 44.12, 21.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.05, 48.91, 25.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.7% 0.1321 0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(70.7% 0.142 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.8227, 32.8684, 21.7494)
Luminance	0.3286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC7978 #78EBEC

analogous

#EC78B1 #EC7978 #ECB378

triadic

#EC7978 #78EC79 #7978EC

tetradic

#EC7978 #B1EC78 #78EBEC #B378EC

square

#EC7978 #B1EC78 #78EBEC #B378EC

split-complementary

#EC7978 #78ECB3 #78B1EC

monochromatic

#CD1E1D #E44442 #EC7978 #F4AEAE #FBE4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#EC7978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#EC7978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC7978

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC7978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC7978	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938D77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA476

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF697A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec7978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 121, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.142 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6a29f',
    500: '#ec7978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec7978;
$custom-light: #f6a29f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec7978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.517,
    "s": 75.325,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70702,
    "c": 0.14234,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC7978

secondary

#D0F0F0

accent

#D6D70E

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#180F0E

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC7978

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

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