#EC9485#EC9485

#EC9485 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.109 H 30.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9485
RGB	rgb(236, 148, 133)
HSL	hsl(9, 73%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(9, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 43.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, 31.48, 21.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 38.35, 34.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% 0.0945 0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.109 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.4182, 40.7102, 27.4409)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9485 #85DDEC

analogous

#EC85A9 #EC9485 #ECC885

triadic

#EC9485 #85EC94 #9485EC

tetradic

#EC9485 #A9EC85 #85DDEC #C885EC

square

#EC9485 #A9EC85 #85DDEC #C885EC

split-complementary

#EC9485 #85ECC8 #85A9EC

monochromatic

#D53B21 #E46650 #EC9485 #F4C2BA #FBE8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#EC9485 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#EC9485 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9485

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9485	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9485	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A084

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB284

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE8890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9485;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 148, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.109 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5b4a8',
    500: '#ec9485',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9485;
$custom-light: #f5b4a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9485",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.738,
    "s": 73.05,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75307,
    "c": 0.10942,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9485

secondary

#D8EFF3

accent

#B8D510

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF6F4

border

#D7D0CE

text

#17110F

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9485

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

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