#EC856D#EC856D

#EC856D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.132 H 34.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC856D
RGB	rgb(236, 133, 109)
HSL	hsl(11, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(11, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 53.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, 37.08, 30.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 47.84, 39.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% 0.109 0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.132 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.7431, 35.7167, 18.9500)
Luminance	0.3571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC856D #6DD4EC

analogous

#EC6D94 #EC856D #ECC56D

triadic

#EC856D #6DEC85 #856DEC

tetradic

#EC856D #94EC6D #6DD4EC #C56DEC

square

#EC856D #94EC6D #6DD4EC #C56DEC

split-complementary

#EC856D #6DECC5 #6D94EC

monochromatic

#C53A1A #E55837 #EC856D #F3B2A3 #FAE0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#EC856D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#EC856D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC856D

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC856D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC856D	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)

#9E946B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AA6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF747F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec856d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 133, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.132 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6aa97',
    500: '#ec856d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec856d;
$custom-light: #f6aa97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec856d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.339,
    "s": 76.97,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72351,
    "c": 0.13169,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC856D

secondary

#C7E7EE

accent

#B2D90C

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#18100D

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC856D

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

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