#EC8872#EC8872

#EC8872 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.127 H 33.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8872
RGB	rgb(236, 136, 114)
HSL	hsl(11, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(11, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.4%, 51.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, 35.95, 28.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 45.83, 38.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% 0.1062 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.127 33.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.4366, 36.6606, 20.5470)
Luminance	0.3666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8872 #72D6EC

analogous

#EC7299 #EC8872 #ECC572

triadic

#EC8872 #72EC88 #8872EC

tetradic

#EC8872 #99EC72 #72D6EC #C572EC

square

#EC8872 #99EC72 #72D6EC #C572EC

split-complementary

#EC8872 #72ECC5 #7299EC

monochromatic

#C93A1B #E55A3C #EC8872 #F3B6A8 #FBE3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#EC8872 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#EC8872 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8872

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8872	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8872	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)

#A09670

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AB71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8872;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 136, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.127 33.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ac9a',
    500: '#ec8872',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8872;
$custom-light: #f6ac9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8872",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.82,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72929,
    "c": 0.12716,
    "h": 33.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8872

secondary

#CBE9EF

accent

#B4D80D

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#18100E

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8872

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

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