#EC8973#EC8973

#EC8973 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.126 H 33.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8973
RGB	rgb(236, 137, 115)
HSL	hsl(11, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(11, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.9%, 51.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.25, 35.52, 28.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.25, 45.34, 38.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% 0.105 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.126 33.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.6353, 36.9665, 20.8955)
Luminance	0.3696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8973 #73D6EC

analogous

#EC739A #EC8973 #ECC673

triadic

#EC8973 #73EC89 #8973EC

tetradic

#EC8973 #9AEC73 #73D6EC #C673EC

square

#EC8973 #9AEC73 #73D6EC #C673EC

split-complementary

#EC8973 #73ECC6 #739AEC

monochromatic

#C93B1B #E55C3D #EC8973 #F3B6A9 #FBE4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#EC8973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#EC8973 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8973

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8973	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19771

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AC72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 137, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.126 33.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ac9b',
    500: '#ec8973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8973;
$custom-light: #f6ac9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.909,
    "s": 76.101,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73111,
    "c": 0.12587,
    "h": 33.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8973

secondary

#CCE9EF

accent

#B3D80D

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#18100E

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8973

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

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