#EC858C#EC858C

#EC858C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.126 H 16.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC858C
RGB	rgb(236, 133, 140)
HSL	hsl(356, 73%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(356, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 40.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.90, 40.04, 13.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.90, 42.34, 18.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% 0.1211 0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.126 16.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.7158, 36.5057, 29.3392)
Luminance	0.3650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC858C #85ECE5

analogous

#EC85C0 #EC858C #ECB185

triadic

#EC858C #8CEC85 #858CEC

tetradic

#EC858C #C0EC85 #85ECE5 #B185EC

square

#EC858C #C0EC85 #85ECE5 #B185EC

split-complementary

#EC858C #85ECB1 #85C0EC

monochromatic

#D5212D #E4505A #EC858C #F4BABE #FBE5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#EC858C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#EC858C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC858C

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC858C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC858C	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A968C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AB8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE7988

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec858c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 133, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.126 16.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5aaad',
    500: '#ec858c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec858c;
$custom-light: #f5aaad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec858c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.922,
    "s": 73.05,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73007,
    "c": 0.12616,
    "h": 16.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC858C

secondary

#D8F3F1

accent

#D5C810

background

#FFFAFA

surface

#FFF4F4

border

#D7CECE

text

#171010

muted

#857F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC858C

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

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