#EC8F79#EC8F79

#EC8F79 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.118 H 34.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8F79
RGB	rgb(236, 143, 121)
HSL	hsl(11, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(11, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 48.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, 32.93, 26.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 42.41, 39.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% 0.0978 0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.118 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.8686, 38.8626, 23.0656)
Luminance	0.3886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8F79 #79D6EC

analogous

#EC799D #EC8F79 #ECC879

triadic

#EC8F79 #79EC8F #8F79EC

tetradic

#EC8F79 #9DEC79 #79D6EC #C879EC

square

#EC8F79 #9DEC79 #79D6EC #C879EC

split-complementary

#EC8F79 #79ECC8 #799DEC

monochromatic

#CD3F1D #E46243 #EC8F79 #F4BCAF #FBE9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#EC8F79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#EC8F79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8F79

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8F79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8F79	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59C77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAF78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8f79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 143, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.118 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6b1a0',
    500: '#ec8f79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8f79;
$custom-light: #f6b1a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8f79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.478,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74219,
    "c": 0.11813,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8F79

secondary

#D0EAF0

accent

#B1D70E

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF5F2

border

#D7CFCC

text

#18110E

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8F79

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

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