#EC9281#EC9281

#EC9281 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.113 H 31.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9281
RGB	rgb(236, 146, 129)
HSL	hsl(10, 74%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(10, 45%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.1%, 45.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, 32.13, 23.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 39.75, 36.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% 0.0961 0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.113 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.8361, 39.9798, 25.9095)
Luminance	0.3998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9281 #81DBEC

analogous

#EC81A6 #EC9281 #ECC881

triadic

#EC9281 #81EC92 #9281EC

tetradic

#EC9281 #A6EC81 #81DBEC #C881EC

square

#EC9281 #A6EC81 #81DBEC #C881EC

split-complementary

#EC9281 #81ECC8 #81A6EC

monochromatic

#D33C20 #E4644C #EC9281 #F4C0B6 #FBE8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#EC9281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#EC9281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9281

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9281	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79E7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB180

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE858E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 146, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.113 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5b3a5',
    500: '#ec9281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9281;
$custom-light: #f5b3a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.533,
    "s": 73.793,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74884,
    "c": 0.11261,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9281

secondary

#D7EEF2

accent

#B6D610

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF6F4

border

#D7D0CE

text

#17110F

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9281

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

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