#EC8D79#EC8D79

#EC8D79 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.120 H 32.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8D79
RGB	rgb(236, 141, 121)
HSL	hsl(10, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(10, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 48.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, 33.98, 26.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 42.87, 37.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% 0.101 0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.12 32.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.5710, 38.2675, 22.9664)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8D79 #79D8EC

analogous

#EC799E #EC8D79 #ECC779

triadic

#EC8D79 #79EC8D #8D79EC

tetradic

#EC8D79 #9EEC79 #79D8EC #C779EC

square

#EC8D79 #9EEC79 #79D8EC #C779EC

split-complementary

#EC8D79 #79ECC7 #799EEC

monochromatic

#CD3C1D #E45F43 #EC8D79 #F4BBAF #FBE8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#EC8D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#EC8D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8D79

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8D79	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49A77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAE78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 141, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.120 32.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6afa0',
    500: '#ec8d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8d79;
$custom-light: #f6afa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.435,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73886,
    "c": 0.12004,
    "h": 32.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8D79

secondary

#D0EBF0

accent

#B4D70E

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF5F2

border

#D7CFCC

text

#18100E

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8D79

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

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