#EC856A#EC856A

#EC856A is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.133 H 35.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC856A
RGB	rgb(236, 133, 106)
HSL	hsl(12, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(12, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 55.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.25, 36.83, 31.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.25, 48.68, 40.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% 0.1079 0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.133 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.5844, 35.6532, 18.1140)
Luminance	0.3565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC856A #6AD1EC

analogous

#EC6A90 #EC856A #ECC66A

triadic

#EC856A #6AEC85 #856AEC

tetradic

#EC856A #90EC6A #6AD1EC #C66AEC

square

#EC856A #90EC6A #6AD1EC #C66AEC

split-complementary

#EC856A #6AECC6 #6A90EC

monochromatic

#C33C19 #E55934 #EC856A #F3B1A0 #FADED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#EC856A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#EC856A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC856A

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC856A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC856A	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9468

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AA68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF747E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec856a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 133, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.133 35.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7aa95',
    500: '#ec856a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec856a;
$custom-light: #f7aa95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec856a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.462,
    "s": 77.381,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72298,
    "c": 0.13271,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC856A

secondary

#C4E5EE

accent

#AFDA0C

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F1

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100D

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC856A

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

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