#EC856F#EC856F

#EC856F is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.131 H 33.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC856F
RGB	rgb(236, 133, 111)
HSL	hsl(11, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(11, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 53%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.34, 37.24, 29.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.34, 47.31, 38.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% 0.1098 0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.131 33.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.8520, 35.7602, 19.5235)
Luminance	0.3576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC856F #6FD6EC

analogous

#EC6F97 #EC856F #ECC36F

triadic

#EC856F #6FEC85 #856FEC

tetradic

#EC856F #97EC6F #6FD6EC #C36FEC

square

#EC856F #97EC6F #6FD6EC #C36FEC

split-complementary

#EC856F #6FECC3 #6F97EC

monochromatic

#C6381A #E55739 #EC856F #F3B3A5 #FAE1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#EC856F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#EC856F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC856F

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC856F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC856F	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)

#9E946D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AA6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7480

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec856f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 133, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.131 33.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6aa98',
    500: '#ec856f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec856f;
$custom-light: #f6aa98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec856f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.56,
    "s": 76.687,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72388,
    "c": 0.13104,
    "h": 33.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC856F

secondary

#C8E8EF

accent

#B5D90D

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#18100D

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC856F

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

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