#EC8991#EC8991

#EC8991 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.121 H 15.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8991
RGB	rgb(236, 137, 145)
HSL	hsl(355, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(355, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.9%, 38.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, 38.53, 12.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 40.44, 17.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% 0.1167 0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.121 15.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.6509, 37.7727, 31.5112)
Luminance	0.3777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8991 #89ECE4

analogous

#EC89C2 #EC8991 #ECB389

triadic

#EC8991 #91EC89 #8991EC

tetradic

#EC8991 #C2EC89 #89ECE4 #B389EC

square

#EC8991 #C2EC89 #89ECE4 #B389EC

split-complementary

#EC8991 #89ECB3 #89C2EC

monochromatic

#D82331 #E45460 #EC8991 #F4BEC2 #FBE5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#EC8991 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#EC8991 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8991

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8991	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8991	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9991

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AD8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD7E8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8991;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 137, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.121 15.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5adb1',
    500: '#ec8991',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8991;
$custom-light: #f5adb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8991",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.152,
    "s": 72.263,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73767,
    "c": 0.12093,
    "h": 15.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8991

secondary

#D9F2F0

accent

#D4C511

background

#FFFAFA

surface

#FFF4F5

border

#D7CECF

text

#171010

muted

#857F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8991

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

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