#EC9178#EC9178

#EC9178 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.117 H 36.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9178
RGB	rgb(236, 145, 120)
HSL	hsl(13, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(13, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.6%, 49.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, 31.79, 27.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 42.25, 41.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% 0.0942 0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.117 36.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.1105, 39.4440, 22.8453)
Luminance	0.3944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9178 #78D3EC

analogous

#EC7899 #EC9178 #ECCB78

triadic

#EC9178 #78EC91 #9178EC

tetradic

#EC9178 #99EC78 #78D3EC #CB78EC

square

#EC9178 #99EC78 #78D3EC #CB78EC

split-complementary

#EC9178 #78ECCB #7899EC

monochromatic

#CD431D #E46542 #EC9178 #F4BDAE #FBE8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#EC9178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#EC9178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9178

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9178	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79D76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB077

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF838B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 145, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.117 36.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6b29f',
    500: '#ec9178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9178;
$custom-light: #f6b29f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.931,
    "s": 75.325,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74536,
    "c": 0.11665,
    "h": 36.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9178

secondary

#D0E9F0

accent

#ACD70E

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110E

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9178

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

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