#EC9491#EC9491

#EC9491 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.107 H 22.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9491
RGB	rgb(236, 148, 145)
HSL	hsl(2, 71%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(2, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 38.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, 32.79, 15.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 36.31, 25.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% 0.0992 0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.107 22)
XYZ	xyz(50.2951, 41.0610, 32.0592)
Luminance	0.4106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9491 #91E9EC

analogous

#EC91BC #EC9491 #ECC291

triadic

#EC9491 #91EC94 #9491EC

tetradic

#EC9491 #BCEC91 #91E9EC #C291EC

square

#EC9491 #BCEC91 #91E9EC #C291EC

split-complementary

#EC9491 #91ECC2 #91BCEC

monochromatic

#DA2E29 #E3615D #EC9491 #F5C7C5 #FAE6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#EC9491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#EC9491 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9491

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9491	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)

#A6A190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB290

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD8994

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 148, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.107 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5b4b1',
    500: '#ec9491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9491;
$custom-light: #f5b4b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.978,
    "s": 70.543,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75576,
    "c": 0.10696,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.41057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9491

secondary

#D9F1F2

accent

#CCD313

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF6F5

border

#D7D0CF

text

#171110

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9491

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

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