#EC8A8B#EC8A8B

#EC8A8B is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.120 H 19.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8A8B
RGB	rgb(236, 138, 139)
HSL	hsl(359, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(359, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.5%, 41.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.93, 37.35, 15.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.93, 40.54, 22.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% 0.1128 0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.12 19.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.3433, 37.8782, 29.1862)
Luminance	0.3787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8A8B #8AECEB

analogous

#EC8ABC #EC8A8B #ECBA8A

triadic

#EC8A8B #8BEC8A #8A8BEC

tetradic

#EC8A8B #BCEC8A #8AECEB #BA8AEC

square

#EC8A8B #BCEC8A #8AECEB #BA8AEC

split-complementary

#EC8A8B #8AECBA #8ABCEC

monochromatic

#D82325 #E35557 #EC8A8B #F5BFBF #FBE5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#EC8A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#EC8A8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8A8B

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8A8B	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)

#9E9A8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AD89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE7E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 138, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.120 19.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5adac',
    500: '#ec8a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8a8b;
$custom-light: #f5adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.388,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73783,
    "c": 0.11979,
    "h": 19.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8A8B

secondary

#D9F2F2

accent

#D4D211

background

#FFFAFA

surface

#FFF4F4

border

#D7CECE

text

#171010

muted

#857F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8A8B

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

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