#EC8978#EC8978

#EC8978 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.124 H 30.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8978
RGB	rgb(236, 137, 120)
HSL	hsl(9, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(9, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.9%, 49.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, 35.97, 25.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 44.11, 35.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% 0.107 0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.124 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.9309, 37.0847, 22.4521)
Luminance	0.3708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8978 #78DBEC

analogous

#EC78A1 #EC8978 #ECC378

triadic

#EC8978 #78EC89 #8978EC

tetradic

#EC8978 #A1EC78 #78DBEC #C378EC

square

#EC8978 #A1EC78 #78DBEC #C378EC

split-complementary

#EC8978 #78ECC3 #78A1EC

monochromatic

#CD371D #E45A42 #EC8978 #F4B8AE #FBE7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#EC8978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#EC8978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8978

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8978	1.00	2.50	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09776

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AC76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 137, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.124 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ac9f',
    500: '#ec8978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8978;
$custom-light: #f6ac9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.793,
    "s": 75.325,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73208,
    "c": 0.12435,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8978

secondary

#D0EBF0

accent

#BAD70E

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#18100E

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8978

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

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