#EC8479#EC8479

#EC8479 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.129 H 27.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8479
RGB	rgb(236, 132, 121)
HSL	hsl(6, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(6, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 48.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.31, 38.64, 23.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.31, 45.27, 31.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% 0.1153 0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.129 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.2975, 35.7204, 22.5419)
Luminance	0.3572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8479 #79E1EC

analogous

#EC79A8 #EC8479 #ECBD79

triadic

#EC8479 #79EC84 #8479EC

tetradic

#EC8479 #A8EC79 #79E1EC #BD79EC

square

#EC8479 #A8EC79 #79E1EC #BD79EC

split-complementary

#EC8479 #79ECBD #79A8EC

monochromatic

#CD2E1D #E45343 #EC8479 #F4B5AF #FBE6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#EC8479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#EC8479 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8479

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8479	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9478

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7582

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 132, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.129 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6a99f',
    500: '#ec8479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8479;
$custom-light: #f6a99f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.739,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72423,
    "c": 0.12945,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8479

secondary

#D0EDF0

accent

#C4D70E

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#18100E

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8479

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

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