#EC8686#EC8686

#EC8686 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.125 H 20.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8686
RGB	rgb(236, 134, 134)
HSL	hsl(0, 73%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(0, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.2%, 43.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, 38.89, 17.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 42.54, 23.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% 0.1172 0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.125 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.4229, 36.6087, 27.1183)
Luminance	0.3660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8686 #86ECEC

analogous

#EC86B9 #EC8686 #ECB986

triadic

#EC8686 #86EC86 #8686EC

tetradic

#EC8686 #B9EC86 #86ECEC #B986EC

square

#EC8686 #B9EC86 #86ECEC #B986EC

split-complementary

#EC8686 #86ECB9 #86B9EC

monochromatic

#D62222 #E45151 #EC8686 #F4BBBB #FBE5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#EC8686 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#EC8686 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8686

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8686	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8686	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9685

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AB84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE7987

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8686;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 134, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.125 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5aba9',
    500: '#ec8686',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8686;
$custom-light: #f5aba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8686",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 72.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73024,
    "c": 0.12515,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8686

secondary

#D8F3F3

accent

#D5D511

background

#FFFAFA

surface

#FFF4F4

border

#D7CECE

text

#18100F

muted

#867F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8686

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

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