#EC9191#EC9191

#EC9191 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.111 H 20.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9191
RGB	rgb(236, 145, 145)
HSL	hsl(0, 71%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(0, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.6%, 38.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, 34.36, 14.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 37.37, 23.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% 0.104 0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.111 20)
XYZ	xyz(49.8306, 40.1321, 31.9044)
Luminance	0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9191 #91ECEC

analogous

#EC91BF #EC9191 #ECBF91

triadic

#EC9191 #91EC91 #9191EC

tetradic

#EC9191 #BFEC91 #91ECEC #BF91EC

square

#EC9191 #BFEC91 #91ECEC #BF91EC

split-complementary

#EC9191 #91ECBF #91BFEC

monochromatic

#DA2929 #E35D5D #EC9191 #F5C5C5 #FAE5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#EC9191 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#EC9191 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9191

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9191	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9191	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39F90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B18F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD8692

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9191;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 145, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.111 20.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5b2b1',
    500: '#ec9191',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9191;
$custom-light: #f5b2b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9191",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 70.543,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75074,
    "c": 0.11062,
    "h": 20
  },
  "luminance": 0.40128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9191

secondary

#D9F2F2

accent

#D3D313

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF6F5

border

#D7D0CF

text

#171110

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9191

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

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