#EC9490#EC9490

#EC9490 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.107 H 22.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9490
RGB	rgb(236, 148, 144)
HSL	hsl(3, 71%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(3, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 39%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, 32.67, 16.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 36.44, 26.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% 0.0988 0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.107 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.2183, 41.0303, 31.6549)
Luminance	0.4103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9490 #90E8EC

analogous

#EC90BA #EC9490 #ECC290

triadic

#EC9490 #90EC94 #9490EC

tetradic

#EC9490 #BAEC90 #90E8EC #C290EC

square

#EC9490 #BAEC90 #90E8EC #C290EC

split-complementary

#EC9490 #90ECC2 #90BAEC

monochromatic

#DA2F27 #E3625C #EC9490 #F5C6C4 #FBE6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#EC9490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#EC9490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9490

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9490	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A18F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB28F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD8993

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 148, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.107 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5b4b0',
    500: '#ec9490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9490;
$custom-light: #f5b4b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.609,
    "s": 70.769,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75553,
    "c": 0.10708,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9490

secondary

#D9F1F2

accent

#CAD313

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF6F4

border

#D7D0CE

text

#171110

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9490

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

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