#EC8C8D#EC8C8D

#EC8C8D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.117 H 19.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8C8D
RGB	rgb(236, 140, 141)
HSL	hsl(359, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(359, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.7%, 40.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, 36.53, 15.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 39.60, 22.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% 0.1104 0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.117 19.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.7803, 38.5163, 30.0594)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8C8D #8CECEB

analogous

#EC8CBD #EC8C8D #ECBB8C

triadic

#EC8C8D #8DEC8C #8C8DEC

tetradic

#EC8C8D #BDEC8C #8CECEB #BB8CEC

square

#EC8C8D #BDEC8C #8CECEB #BB8CEC

split-complementary

#EC8C8D #8CECBB #8CBDEC

monochromatic

#DA2426 #E35759 #EC8C8D #F5C1C1 #FBE5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#EC8C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#EC8C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8C8D

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8C8D	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AE8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD808D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 140, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.117 19.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5afae',
    500: '#ec8c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8c8d;
$custom-light: #f5afae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.375,
    "s": 71.642,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74155,
    "c": 0.11714,
    "h": 19.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8C8D

secondary

#D9F2F2

accent

#D4D212

background

#FFFAFA

surface

#FFF4F4

border

#D7CECE

text

#171010

muted

#857F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8C8D

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

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