#EC9479#EC9479

#EC9479 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.114 H 37.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9479
RGB	rgb(236, 148, 121)
HSL	hsl(14, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(14, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 48.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, 30.30, 28.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 41.38, 42.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% 0.0898 0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.114 37.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.6360, 40.3974, 23.3214)
Luminance	0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9479 #79D1EC

analogous

#EC7998 #EC9479 #ECCD79

triadic

#EC9479 #79EC94 #9479EC

tetradic

#EC9479 #98EC79 #79D1EC #CD79EC

square

#EC9479 #98EC79 #79D1EC #CD79EC

split-complementary

#EC9479 #79ECCD #7998EC

monochromatic

#CD471D #E46943 #EC9479 #F4BFAF #FBEAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#EC9479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#EC9479 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9479

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9479	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9F77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB278

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF868D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 148, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.114 37.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5b4a0',
    500: '#ec9479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9479;
$custom-light: #f5b4a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.087,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75065,
    "c": 0.11365,
    "h": 37.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9479

secondary

#D0E9F0

accent

#A8D70E

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110E

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9479

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

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