#EC8A89#EC8A89

#EC8A89 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.120 H 21.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8A89
RGB	rgb(236, 138, 137)
HSL	hsl(1, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(1, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.5%, 41.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, 37.13, 16.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 40.76, 24.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% 0.112 0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.12 21)
XYZ	xyz(48.1985, 37.8202, 28.4237)
Luminance	0.3782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8A89 #89EBEC

analogous

#EC89B9 #EC8A89 #ECBB89

triadic

#EC8A89 #89EC8A #8A89EC

tetradic

#EC8A89 #B9EC89 #89EBEC #BB89EC

square

#EC8A89 #B9EC89 #89EBEC #BB89EC

split-complementary

#EC8A89 #89ECBB #89B9EC

monochromatic

#D82523 #E45654 #EC8A89 #F4BEBE #FBE5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#EC8A89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#EC8A89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8A89

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8A89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8A89	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9988

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AD87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE7E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8a89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 138, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.120 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5adab',
    500: '#ec8a89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8a89;
$custom-light: #f5adab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8a89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.606,
    "s": 72.263,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73736,
    "c": 0.11995,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.37816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8A89

secondary

#D9F2F2

accent

#D2D411

background

#FFFAFA

surface

#FFF4F4

border

#D7CECE

text

#171010

muted

#857F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8A89

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

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