#EC856E#EC856E

#EC856E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.131 H 33.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC856E
RGB	rgb(236, 133, 110)
HSL	hsl(11, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(11, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 53.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.32, 37.16, 29.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.32, 47.58, 38.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% 0.1094 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.131 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.7973, 35.7383, 19.2351)
Luminance	0.3573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC856E #6ED5EC

analogous

#EC6E96 #EC856E #ECC46E

triadic

#EC856E #6EEC85 #856EEC

tetradic

#EC856E #96EC6E #6ED5EC #C46EEC

square

#EC856E #96EC6E #6ED5EC #C46EEC

split-complementary

#EC856E #6EECC4 #6E96EC

monochromatic

#C6391A #E55738 #EC856E #F3B3A4 #FAE0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#EC856E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#EC856E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC856E

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC856E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC856E	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E946C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AA6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF747F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec856e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 133, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.131 33.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6aa98',
    500: '#ec856e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec856e;
$custom-light: #f6aa98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec856e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.952,
    "s": 76.829,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7237,
    "c": 0.13137,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC856E

secondary

#C7E7EE

accent

#B4D90C

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#18100D

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC856E

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

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