#EC8A9D#EC8A9D

#EC8A9D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.121 H 8.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8A9D
RGB	rgb(236, 138, 157)
HSL	hsl(348, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(348, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.5%, 33.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, 39.43, 6.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 39.92, 9.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% 0.1196 0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.121 8)
XYZ	xyz(49.7684, 38.4482, 36.6918)
Luminance	0.3844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8A9D #8AECD9

analogous

#EC8ACE #EC8A9D #ECA88A

triadic

#EC8A9D #9DEC8A #8A9DEC

tetradic

#EC8A9D #CEEC8A #8AECD9 #A88AEC

square

#EC8A9D #CEEC8A #8AECD9 #A88AEC

split-complementary

#EC8A9D #8AECA8 #8ACEEC

monochromatic

#D82346 #E35571 #EC8A9D #F5BFC9 #FBE5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#EC8A9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#EC8A9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8A9D

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8A9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8A9D	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9B9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AE9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC8191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8a9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 138, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.121 8.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5aeb9',
    500: '#ec8a9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8a9d;
$custom-light: #f5aeb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8a9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.367,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7424,
    "c": 0.12073,
    "h": 8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8A9D

secondary

#D9F2ED

accent

#D4AE11

background

#FFFAFB

surface

#FFF4F6

border

#D7CED0

text

#171011

muted

#857F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8A9D

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

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