#EC9486#EC9486

#EC9486 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.109 H 29.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9486
RGB	rgb(236, 148, 134)
HSL	hsl(8, 73%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(8, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 43.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, 31.59, 21.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 38.14, 34.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% 0.0949 0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.109 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.4876, 40.7380, 27.8065)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9486 #86DEEC

analogous

#EC86AB #EC9486 #ECC786

triadic

#EC9486 #86EC94 #9486EC

tetradic

#EC9486 #ABEC86 #86DEEC #C786EC

square

#EC9486 #ABEC86 #86DEEC #C786EC

split-complementary

#EC9486 #86ECC7 #86ABEC

monochromatic

#D63A22 #E46551 #EC9486 #F4C3BB #FBE8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#EC9486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#EC9486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9486

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9486	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A085

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB285

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE8891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 148, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.109 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5b4a9',
    500: '#ec9486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9486;
$custom-light: #f5b4a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.235,
    "s": 72.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75328,
    "c": 0.10914,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9486

secondary

#D8EFF3

accent

#BAD511

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF6F4

border

#D7D0CE

text

#17110F

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9486

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

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