#EC9481#EC9481

#EC9481 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.111 H 32.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9481
RGB	rgb(236, 148, 129)
HSL	hsl(11, 74%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(11, 45%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 45.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, 31.08, 24.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 39.26, 37.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% 0.0929 0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.111 32.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.1471, 40.6018, 26.0131)
Luminance	0.4060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9481 #81D9EC

analogous

#EC81A4 #EC9481 #ECCA81

triadic

#EC9481 #81EC94 #9481EC

tetradic

#EC9481 #A4EC81 #81D9EC #CA81EC

square

#EC9481 #A4EC81 #81D9EC #CA81EC

split-complementary

#EC9481 #81ECCA #81A4EC

monochromatic

#D34020 #E4674C #EC9481 #F4C1B6 #FBE8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#EC9481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#EC9481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9481

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9481	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A07F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB280

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE878F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 148, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.111 32.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5b4a5',
    500: '#ec9481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9481;
$custom-light: #f5b4a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.654,
    "s": 73.793,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75223,
    "c": 0.11066,
    "h": 32.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9481

secondary

#D7EDF2

accent

#B3D610

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF6F4

border

#D7D0CE

text

#17110F

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9481

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

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