#EC8974#EC8974

#EC8974 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.126 H 32.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8974
RGB	rgb(236, 137, 116)
HSL	hsl(11, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(11, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.9%, 50.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, 35.61, 27.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 45.08, 37.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% 0.1054 0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.126 32.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.6932, 36.9896, 21.2002)
Luminance	0.3699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8974 #74D7EC

analogous

#EC749B #EC8974 #ECC574

triadic

#EC8974 #74EC89 #8974EC

tetradic

#EC8974 #9BEC74 #74D7EC #C574EC

square

#EC8974 #9BEC74 #74D7EC #C574EC

split-complementary

#EC8974 #74ECC5 #749BEC

monochromatic

#CA3A1C #E55B3E #EC8974 #F3B7AA #FBE4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#EC8974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#EC8974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8974

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8974	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19772

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AC73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 137, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.126 32.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ac9c',
    500: '#ec8974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8974;
$custom-light: #f6ac9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.5,
    "s": 75.949,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7313,
    "c": 0.12555,
    "h": 32.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8974

secondary

#CCE9EF

accent

#B5D80D

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#18100E

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8974

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

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