#EC8489#EC8489

#EC8489 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.128 H 17.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8489
RGB	rgb(236, 132, 137)
HSL	hsl(357, 73%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(357, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 41.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, 40.23, 15.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 42.96, 20.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% 0.1215 0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.128 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.3613, 36.1459, 28.1446)
Luminance	0.3614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8489 #84ECE7

analogous

#EC84BD #EC8489 #ECB384

triadic

#EC8489 #89EC84 #8489EC

tetradic

#EC8489 #BDEC84 #84ECE7 #B384EC

square

#EC8489 #BDEC84 #84ECE7 #B384EC

split-complementary

#EC8489 #84ECB3 #84BDEC

monochromatic

#D5212A #E44F56 #EC8489 #F4B9BC #FBE4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#EC8489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#EC8489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8489

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8489	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999589

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AA87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE7786

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 132, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.128 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5a9ab',
    500: '#ec8489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8489;
$custom-light: #f5a9ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.115,
    "s": 73.239,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72777,
    "c": 0.1275,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8489

secondary

#D8F3F1

accent

#D5CC10

background

#FFFAFA

surface

#FFF4F4

border

#D7CECE

text

#181010

muted

#867F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8489

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

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