#EC8B79#EC8B79

#EC8B79 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.122 H 31.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8B79
RGB	rgb(236, 139, 121)
HSL	hsl(9, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(9, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.1%, 48.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, 35.02, 25.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 43.36, 36.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% 0.1042 0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.122 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.2788, 37.6830, 22.8690)
Luminance	0.3768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8B79 #79DAEC

analogous

#EC79A1 #EC8B79 #ECC479

triadic

#EC8B79 #79EC8B #8B79EC

tetradic

#EC8B79 #A1EC79 #79DAEC #C479EC

square

#EC8B79 #A1EC79 #79DAEC #C479EC

split-complementary

#EC8B79 #79ECC4 #79A1EC

monochromatic

#CD391D #E45D43 #EC8B79 #F4B9AF #FBE8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#EC8B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#EC8B79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8B79

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8B79	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29977

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AD78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 139, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.122 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ae9f',
    500: '#ec8b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8b79;
$custom-light: #f6ae9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.391,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73555,
    "c": 0.12203,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8B79

secondary

#D0EBF0

accent

#B8D70E

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#18100E

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8B79

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

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