#EC8D8A#EC8D8A

#EC8D8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.116 H 22.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8D8A
RGB	rgb(236, 141, 138)
HSL	hsl(2, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(2, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 41.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, 35.68, 17.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 39.60, 25.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% 0.1076 0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.116 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.7069, 38.7218, 28.9486)
Luminance	0.3872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8D8A #8AE9EC

analogous

#EC8AB8 #EC8D8A #ECBE8A

triadic

#EC8D8A #8AEC8D #8D8AEC

tetradic

#EC8D8A #B8EC8A #8AE9EC #BE8AEC

square

#EC8D8A #B8EC8A #8AE9EC #BE8AEC

split-complementary

#EC8D8A #8AECBE #8AB8EC

monochromatic

#D82923 #E35A55 #EC8D8A #F5C0BF #FBE5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#EC8D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#EC8D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8D8A

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8D8A	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19C89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AF88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE818D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 141, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.116 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5afac',
    500: '#ec8d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8d8a;
$custom-light: #f5afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.837,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74249,
    "c": 0.11621,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8D8A

secondary

#D9F2F2

accent

#CED411

background

#FFFAFA

surface

#FFF5F4

border

#D7CFCE

text

#171010

muted

#857F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8D8A

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

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