#EC8985#EC8985

#EC8985 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.122 H 22.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8985
RGB	rgb(236, 137, 133)
HSL	hsl(2, 73%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(2, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.9%, 43.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.59, 37.23, 18.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.59, 41.64, 26.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% 0.112 0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.122 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.7740, 37.4220, 26.8929)
Luminance	0.3742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8985 #85E8EC

analogous

#EC85B5 #EC8985 #ECBC85

triadic

#EC8985 #85EC89 #8985EC

tetradic

#EC8985 #B5EC85 #85E8EC #BC85EC

square

#EC8985 #B5EC85 #85E8EC #BC85EC

split-complementary

#EC8985 #85ECBC #85B5EC

monochromatic

#D52821 #E45650 #EC8985 #F4BCBA #FBE5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#EC8985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#EC8985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8985

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8985	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9884

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AC83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE7C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 137, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.122 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ada8',
    500: '#ec8985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8985;
$custom-light: #f5ada8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.33,
    "s": 73.05,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73483,
    "c": 0.12163,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8985

secondary

#D8F2F3

accent

#CED510

background

#FFFAFA

surface

#FFF4F4

border

#D7CECE

text

#18100F

muted

#867F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8985

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

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