#EC856B#EC856B

#EC856B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.132 H 35.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC856B
RGB	rgb(236, 133, 107)
HSL	hsl(12, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(12, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 54.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.27, 36.91, 31.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.27, 48.39, 40.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% 0.1083 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.132 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.6367, 35.6741, 18.3894)
Luminance	0.3567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC856B #6BD2EC

analogous

#EC6B92 #EC856B #ECC66B

triadic

#EC856B #6BEC85 #856BEC

tetradic

#EC856B #92EC6B #6BD2EC #C66BEC

square

#EC856B #92EC6B #6BD2EC #C66BEC

split-complementary

#EC856B #6BECC6 #6B92EC

monochromatic

#C43B19 #E55835 #EC856B #F3B2A1 #FADED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#EC856B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#EC856B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC856B

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC856B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC856B	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)

#9F9469

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AA69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF747F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec856b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 133, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.132 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7aa95',
    500: '#ec856b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec856b;
$custom-light: #f7aa95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec856b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.093,
    "s": 77.246,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72316,
    "c": 0.13236,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC856B

secondary

#C5E6EE

accent

#B0D90C

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F1

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100D

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC856B

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

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