#EC8EA1#EC8EA1

#EC8EA1 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.116 H 7.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8EA1
RGB	rgb(236, 142, 161)
HSL	hsl(348, 71%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(348, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.8%, 31.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, 37.85, 5.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 38.23, 8.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% 0.1147 0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.116 7.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.7000, 39.7560, 38.7147)
Luminance	0.3975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8EA1 #8EECD9

analogous

#EC8ED0 #EC8EA1 #ECAA8E

triadic

#EC8EA1 #A1EC8E #8EA1EC

tetradic

#EC8EA1 #D0EC8E #8EECD9 #AA8EEC

square

#EC8EA1 #D0EC8E #8EECD9 #AA8EEC

split-complementary

#EC8EA1 #8EECAA #8ED0EC

monochromatic

#DA254A #E35A75 #EC8EA1 #F5C2CD #FBE5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#EC8EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#EC8EA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8EA1

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8EA1	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9EA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B09F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB8695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 142, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.116 7.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4b0bc',
    500: '#ec8ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8ea1;
$custom-light: #f4b0bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.872,
    "s": 71.212,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74993,
    "c": 0.11565,
    "h": 7.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8EA1

secondary

#D9F2ED

accent

#D3AC12

background

#FFFAFB

surface

#FFF5F6

border

#D7CFD0

text

#171112

muted

#858081

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8EA1

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

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