#EC8481#EC8481

#EC8481 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.128 H 22.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8481
RGB	rgb(236, 132, 129)
HSL	hsl(2, 74%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(2, 45%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 45.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.46, 39.41, 19.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.46, 43.89, 26.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% 0.1184 0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.128 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.8086, 35.9248, 25.2336)
Luminance	0.3592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8481 #81E9EC

analogous

#EC81B4 #EC8481 #ECBA81

triadic

#EC8481 #81EC84 #8481EC

tetradic

#EC8481 #B4EC81 #81E9EC #BA81EC

square

#EC8481 #B4EC81 #81E9EC #BA81EC

split-complementary

#EC8481 #81ECBA #81B4EC

monochromatic

#D32520 #E4504C #EC8481 #F4B8B6 #FBE5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#EC8481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#EC8481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8481

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8481	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9580

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AA7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7684

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 132, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.128 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6a9a5',
    500: '#ec8481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8481;
$custom-light: #f6a9a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.682,
    "s": 73.793,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72594,
    "c": 0.12811,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8481

secondary

#D7F1F2

accent

#D0D610

background

#FFFAFA

surface

#FFF4F4

border

#D7CECE

text

#18100F

muted

#867F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8481

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

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