#EC8A72#EC8A72

#EC8A72 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.125 H 34.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8A72
RGB	rgb(236, 138, 114)
HSL	hsl(12, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(12, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.5%, 51.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.45, 34.91, 28.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.45, 45.37, 39.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% 0.103 0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.125 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.7209, 37.2292, 20.6417)
Luminance	0.3723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8A72 #72D4EC

analogous

#EC7297 #EC8A72 #ECC772

triadic

#EC8A72 #72EC8A #8A72EC

tetradic

#EC8A72 #97EC72 #72D4EC #C772EC

square

#EC8A72 #97EC72 #72D4EC #C772EC

split-complementary

#EC8A72 #72ECC7 #7297EC

monochromatic

#C93D1B #E55D3C #EC8A72 #F3B7A8 #FBE4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#EC8A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#EC8A72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8A72

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8A72	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29870

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAC71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 138, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.125 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ad9a',
    500: '#ec8a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8a72;
$custom-light: #f6ad9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.803,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73256,
    "c": 0.12525,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8A72

secondary

#CBE8EF

accent

#B0D80D

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#18100E

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8A72

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

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