#EC8591#EC8591

#EC8591 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.126 H 13.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8591
RGB	rgb(236, 133, 145)
HSL	hsl(353, 73%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(353, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 38.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, 40.59, 11.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 42.08, 15.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% 0.123 0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.126 13.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.0928, 36.6565, 31.3251)
Luminance	0.3665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8591 #85ECE0

analogous

#EC85C4 #EC8591 #ECAD85

triadic

#EC8591 #91EC85 #8591EC

tetradic

#EC8591 #C4EC85 #85ECE0 #AD85EC

square

#EC8591 #C4EC85 #85ECE0 #AD85EC

split-complementary

#EC8591 #85ECAD #85C4EC

monochromatic

#D52136 #E45061 #EC8591 #F4BAC1 #FBE5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#EC8591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#EC8591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8591

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8591	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999791

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AB8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD7A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 133, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.126 13.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5aab1',
    500: '#ec8591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8591;
$custom-light: #f5aab1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.01,
    "s": 73.05,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73132,
    "c": 0.12632,
    "h": 13.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8591

secondary

#D8F3F0

accent

#D5BE10

background

#FFFAFA

surface

#FFF4F5

border

#D7CECF

text

#171010

muted

#857F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8591

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

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