#EC8472#EC8472

#EC8472 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.131 H 30.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8472
RGB	rgb(236, 132, 114)
HSL	hsl(9, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(9, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 51.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.18, 38.01, 27.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.18, 46.81, 35.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% 0.1126 0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.131 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.8837, 35.5549, 20.3627)
Luminance	0.3555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8472 #72DAEC

analogous

#EC729D #EC8472 #ECC172

triadic

#EC8472 #72EC84 #8472EC

tetradic

#EC8472 #9DEC72 #72DAEC #C172EC

square

#EC8472 #9DEC72 #72DAEC #C172EC

split-complementary

#EC8472 #72ECC1 #729DEC

monochromatic

#C9351B #E5553C #EC8472 #F3B3A8 #FBE2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#EC8472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#EC8472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8472

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8472	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9470

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A970

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7480

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 132, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.131 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6a99a',
    500: '#ec8472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8472;
$custom-light: #f6a99a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.852,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72284,
    "c": 0.13117,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8472

secondary

#CBEAEF

accent

#BAD80D

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#18100E

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8472

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

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