#EC8A79#EC8A79

#EC8A79 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.123 H 30.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8A79
RGB	rgb(236, 138, 121)
HSL	hsl(9, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(9, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.5%, 48.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, 35.54, 25.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 43.62, 35.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% 0.1058 0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.123 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.1347, 37.3947, 22.8210)
Luminance	0.3739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8A79 #79DBEC

analogous

#EC79A1 #EC8A79 #ECC479

triadic

#EC8A79 #79EC8A #8A79EC

tetradic

#EC8A79 #A1EC79 #79DBEC #C479EC

square

#EC8A79 #A1EC79 #79DBEC #C479EC

split-complementary

#EC8A79 #79ECC4 #79A1EC

monochromatic

#CD371D #E45B43 #EC8A79 #F4B9AF #FBE8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#EC8A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#EC8A79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8A79

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8A79	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)

#A19877

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AC78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 138, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.123 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ad9f',
    500: '#ec8a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8a79;
$custom-light: #f6ad9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.87,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73391,
    "c": 0.12305,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8A79

secondary

#D0ECF0

accent

#BAD70E

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#18100E

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8A79

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

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