#EC8EA5#EC8EA5

#EC8EA5 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.117 H 4.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8EA5
RGB	rgb(236, 142, 165)
HSL	hsl(345, 71%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(345, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.8%, 30.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, 38.36, 3.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 38.50, 4.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% 0.1162 0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.117 4.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.0583, 39.8994, 40.6022)
Luminance	0.3990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8EA5 #8EECD5

analogous

#EC8ED4 #EC8EA5 #ECA68E

triadic

#EC8EA5 #A5EC8E #8EA5EC

tetradic

#EC8EA5 #D4EC8E #8EECD5 #A68EEC

square

#EC8EA5 #D4EC8E #8EECD5 #A68EEC

split-complementary

#EC8EA5 #8EECA6 #8ED4EC

monochromatic

#DA2552 #E35A7B #EC8EA5 #F5C2CF #FBE5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#EC8EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#EC8EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8EA5

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8EA5	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9FA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B0A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB8796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 142, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.117 4.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4b0bf',
    500: '#ec8ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8ea5;
$custom-light: #f4b0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.319,
    "s": 71.212,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75105,
    "c": 0.11655,
    "h": 4.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8EA5

secondary

#D9F2EC

accent

#D3A412

background

#FFFAFB

surface

#FFF5F7

border

#D7CFD0

text

#171112

muted

#858081

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8EA5

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →