#EC8A8A#EC8A8A

#EC8A8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.120 H 20.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8A8A
RGB	rgb(236, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(0, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(0, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.5%, 41.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.91, 37.24, 16.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.91, 40.65, 23.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% 0.1124 0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.12 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.2705, 37.8491, 28.8032)
Luminance	0.3785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8A8A #8AECEC

analogous

#EC8ABB #EC8A8A #ECBB8A

triadic

#EC8A8A #8AEC8A #8A8AEC

tetradic

#EC8A8A #BBEC8A #8AECEC #BB8AEC

square

#EC8A8A #BBEC8A #8AECEC #BB8AEC

split-complementary

#EC8A8A #8AECBB #8ABBEC

monochromatic

#D82323 #E35555 #EC8A8A #F5BFBF #FBE5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#EC8A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#EC8A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8A8A

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8A8A	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9A89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AD88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE7E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 138, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.120 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5adac',
    500: '#ec8a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8a8a;
$custom-light: #f5adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73759,
    "c": 0.11986,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8A8A

secondary

#D9F2F2

accent

#D4D411

background

#FFFAFA

surface

#FFF4F4

border

#D7CECE

text

#171010

muted

#857F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8A8A

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

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