#EC9172#EC9172

#EC9172 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.119 H 39.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9172
RGB	rgb(236, 145, 114)
HSL	hsl(15, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(15, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.6%, 51.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, 31.25, 30.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 44.00, 44.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% 0.0919 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.119 39.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.7577, 39.3029, 20.9873)
Luminance	0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9172 #72CDEC

analogous

#EC7290 #EC9172 #ECCE72

triadic

#EC9172 #72EC91 #9172EC

tetradic

#EC9172 #90EC72 #72CDEC #CE72EC

square

#EC9172 #90EC72 #72CDEC #CE72EC

split-complementary

#EC9172 #72ECCE #7290EC

monochromatic

#C9471B #E5673C #EC9172 #F3BBA8 #FBE5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#EC9172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#EC9172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9172

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9172	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89D6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB071

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 145, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.119 39.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6b29b',
    500: '#ec9172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9172;
$custom-light: #f6b29b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.246,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74425,
    "c": 0.1191,
    "h": 39.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9172

secondary

#CBE6EF

accent

#A5D80D

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110E

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9172

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

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