#EC8D8D#EC8D8D

#EC8D8D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.116 H 20.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8D8D
RGB	rgb(236, 141, 141)
HSL	hsl(0, 71%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(0, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 40.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, 36.01, 15.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 39.24, 23.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% 0.1088 0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.116 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.9271, 38.8099, 30.1084)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8D8D #8DECEC

analogous

#EC8DBD #EC8D8D #ECBD8D

triadic

#EC8D8D #8DEC8D #8D8DEC

tetradic

#EC8D8D #BDEC8D #8DECEC #BD8DEC

square

#EC8D8D #BDEC8D #8DECEC #BD8DEC

split-complementary

#EC8D8D #8DECBD #8DBDEC

monochromatic

#DA2424 #E35959 #EC8D8D #F5C1C1 #FBE5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#EC8D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#EC8D8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8D8D

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8D8D	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09C8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AF8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD828E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 141, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.116 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5afae',
    500: '#ec8d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8d8d;
$custom-light: #f5afae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74319,
    "c": 0.1159,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8D8D

secondary

#D9F2F2

accent

#D3D312

background

#FFFAFA

surface

#FFF5F4

border

#D7CFCE

text

#171010

muted

#857F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8D8D

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

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