#EC8979#EC8979

#EC8979 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.124 H 30.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8979
RGB	rgb(236, 137, 121)
HSL	hsl(8, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(8, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.9%, 48.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, 36.06, 25.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 43.88, 34.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% 0.1074 0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.124 30.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.9919, 37.1091, 22.7734)
Luminance	0.3710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8979 #79DCEC

analogous

#EC79A2 #EC8979 #ECC379

triadic

#EC8979 #79EC89 #8979EC

tetradic

#EC8979 #A2EC79 #79DCEC #C379EC

square

#EC8979 #A2EC79 #79DCEC #C379EC

split-complementary

#EC8979 #79ECC3 #79A2EC

monochromatic

#CD361D #E45A43 #EC8979 #F4B8AF #FBE7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#EC8979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#EC8979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8979

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8979	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	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)

#A09777

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AC77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 137, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.124 30.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ad9f',
    500: '#ec8979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8979;
$custom-light: #f6ad9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.348,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73228,
    "c": 0.12408,
    "h": 30.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8979

secondary

#D0ECF0

accent

#BBD70E

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#18100E

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8979

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

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