#EC8488#EC8488

#EC8488 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.128 H 18.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8488
RGB	rgb(236, 132, 136)
HSL	hsl(358, 73%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(358, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 42.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, 40.12, 15.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 43.05, 21.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% 0.1211 0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.128 18.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.2899, 36.1174, 27.7686)
Luminance	0.3611 (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

#EC8488 #84ECE8

analogous

#EC84BC #EC8488 #ECB484

triadic

#EC8488 #88EC84 #8488EC

tetradic

#EC8488 #BCEC84 #84ECE8 #B484EC

square

#EC8488 #BCEC84 #84ECE8 #B484EC

split-complementary

#EC8488 #84ECB4 #84BCEC

monochromatic

#D52128 #E44F55 #EC8488 #F4B9BB #FBE4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#EC8488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#EC8488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8488

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8488	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999588

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AA86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE7786

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 132, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.128 18.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5a9aa',
    500: '#ec8488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8488;
$custom-light: #f5a9aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.692,
    "s": 73.239,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72754,
    "c": 0.12753,
    "h": 18.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8488

secondary

#D8F3F2

accent

#D5CE10

background

#FFFAFA

surface

#FFF4F4

border

#D7CECE

text

#181010

muted

#867F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8488

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

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