#EC8A8E#EC8A8E

#EC8A8E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.120 H 17.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8A8E
RGB	rgb(236, 138, 142)
HSL	hsl(358, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(358, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.5%, 39.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, 37.68, 14.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 40.25, 20.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% 0.1139 0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.12 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.5655, 37.9670, 30.3565)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8A8E #8AECE8

analogous

#EC8ABF #EC8A8E #ECB78A

triadic

#EC8A8E #8EEC8A #8A8EEC

tetradic

#EC8A8E #BFEC8A #8AECE8 #B78AEC

square

#EC8A8E #BFEC8A #8AECE8 #B78AEC

split-complementary

#EC8A8E #8AECB7 #8ABFEC

monochromatic

#D8232B #E3555B #EC8A8E #F5BFC1 #FBE5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#EC8A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#EC8A8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8A8E

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8A8E	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9A8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AD8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD7F8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 138, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.120 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5adaf',
    500: '#ec8a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8a8e;
$custom-light: #f5adaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.551,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73854,
    "c": 0.11963,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8A8E

secondary

#D9F2F1

accent

#D4CC11

background

#FFFAFA

surface

#FFF4F4

border

#D7CECE

text

#171010

muted

#857F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8A8E

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

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