#EC8599#EC8599

#EC8599 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.127 H 8.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8599
RGB	rgb(236, 133, 153)
HSL	hsl(348, 73%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(348, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 35.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, 41.52, 6.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 42.08, 9.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% 0.126 0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.127 8.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.7315, 36.9120, 34.6890)
Luminance	0.3691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8599 #85ECD8

analogous

#EC85CC #EC8599 #ECA585

triadic

#EC8599 #99EC85 #8599EC

tetradic

#EC8599 #CCEC85 #85ECD8 #A585EC

square

#EC8599 #CCEC85 #85ECD8 #A585EC

split-complementary

#EC8599 #85ECA5 #85CCEC

monochromatic

#D52144 #E4506D #EC8599 #F4BAC5 #FBE5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#EC8599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#EC8599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8599

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8599	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979899

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AB97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD7B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 133, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.127 8.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5aab6',
    500: '#ec8599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8599;
$custom-light: #f5aab6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.35,
    "s": 73.05,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73341,
    "c": 0.12727,
    "h": 8.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8599

secondary

#D8F3ED

accent

#D5AF10

background

#FFFAFB

surface

#FFF4F6

border

#D7CED0

text

#171011

muted

#857F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8599

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

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