#EC856C#EC856C

#EC856C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.132 H 34.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC856C
RGB	rgb(236, 133, 108)
HSL	hsl(12, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(12, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 54.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.29, 37.00, 30.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.29, 48.12, 39.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% 0.1087 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.132 34.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.6896, 35.6953, 18.6681)
Luminance	0.3569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC856C #6CD3EC

analogous

#EC6C93 #EC856C #ECC56C

triadic

#EC856C #6CEC85 #856CEC

tetradic

#EC856C #93EC6C #6CD3EC #C56CEC

square

#EC856C #93EC6C #6CD3EC #C56CEC

split-complementary

#EC856C #6CECC5 #6C93EC

monochromatic

#C43B19 #E55836 #EC856C #F3B2A2 #FADFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#EC856C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#EC856C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC856C

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC856C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC856C	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E946A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AA6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF747F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec856c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 133, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.132 34.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7aa96',
    500: '#ec856c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec856c;
$custom-light: #f7aa96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec856c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.719,
    "s": 77.108,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72334,
    "c": 0.13202,
    "h": 34.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC856C

secondary

#C6E6EE

accent

#B1D90C

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#18100D

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC856C

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

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