#EC8977#EC8977

#EC8977 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.125 H 31.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8977
RGB	rgb(236, 137, 119)
HSL	hsl(9, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(9, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.9%, 49.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.32, 35.88, 26.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.32, 44.34, 36.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% 0.1066 0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.125 31.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.8705, 37.0606, 22.1341)
Luminance	0.3706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8977 #77DAEC

analogous

#EC77A0 #EC8977 #ECC477

triadic

#EC8977 #77EC89 #8977EC

tetradic

#EC8977 #A0EC77 #77DAEC #C477EC

square

#EC8977 #A0EC77 #77DAEC #C477EC

split-complementary

#EC8977 #77ECC4 #77A0EC

monochromatic

#CC381D #E45A41 #EC8977 #F4B8AD #FBE6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#EC8977 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#EC8977 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8977

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8977	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8977	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09775

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AC76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8977;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 137, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.125 31.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ac9e',
    500: '#ec8977',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8977;
$custom-light: #f6ac9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8977",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.231,
    "s": 75.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73188,
    "c": 0.12464,
    "h": 31.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8977

secondary

#CFEBF0

accent

#B9D80E

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#18100E

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8977

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

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