#EC9488#EC9488

#EC9488 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.109 H 28.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9488
RGB	rgb(236, 148, 136)
HSL	hsl(7, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(7, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 42.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, 31.80, 20.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 37.74, 32.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.37% 0.0957 0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(75.37% 0.109 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.6284, 40.7943, 28.5481)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9488 #88E0EC

analogous

#EC88AE #EC9488 #ECC688

triadic

#EC9488 #88EC94 #9488EC

tetradic

#EC9488 #AEEC88 #88E0EC #C688EC

square

#EC9488 #AEEC88 #88E0EC #C688EC

split-complementary

#EC9488 #88ECC6 #88AEEC

monochromatic

#D73822 #E46553 #EC9488 #F4C3BD #FBE7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#EC9488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#EC9488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9488

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9488	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A087

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB287

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD8891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 148, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.109 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5b4aa',
    500: '#ec9488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9488;
$custom-light: #f5b4aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.2,
    "s": 72.464,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75371,
    "c": 0.10862,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9488

secondary

#D9EFF2

accent

#BDD511

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF6F4

border

#D7D0CE

text

#171110

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9488

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

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