#EC8E89#EC8E89

#EC8E89 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.115 H 23.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8E89
RGB	rgb(236, 142, 137)
HSL	hsl(3, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(3, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.8%, 41.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, 35.05, 18.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 39.40, 27.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% 0.1056 0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.115 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.7830, 38.9892, 28.6185)
Luminance	0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8E89 #89E7EC

analogous

#EC89B5 #EC8E89 #ECBF89

triadic

#EC8E89 #89EC8E #8E89EC

tetradic

#EC8E89 #B5EC89 #89E7EC #BF89EC

square

#EC8E89 #B5EC89 #89E7EC #BF89EC

split-complementary

#EC8E89 #89ECBF #89B5EC

monochromatic

#D82C23 #E45C54 #EC8E89 #F4C0BE #FBE6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#EC8E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#EC8E89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8E89

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8E89	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29C88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AF87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE828D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 142, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.115 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5b0ab',
    500: '#ec8e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8e89;
$custom-light: #f5b0ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.03,
    "s": 72.263,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7439,
    "c": 0.11515,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8E89

secondary

#D9F1F2

accent

#CAD411

background

#FFFAFA

surface

#FFF5F4

border

#D7CFCE

text

#171010

muted

#857F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8E89

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

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