#EC9581#EC9581

#EC9581 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.110 H 33.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9581
RGB	rgb(236, 149, 129)
HSL	hsl(11, 74%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(11, 45%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.9%, 45.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, 30.55, 24.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 39.03, 38.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% 0.0913 0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.11 33.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.3046, 40.9169, 26.0656)
Luminance	0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9581 #81D8EC

analogous

#EC81A3 #EC9581 #ECCB81

triadic

#EC9581 #81EC95 #9581EC

tetradic

#EC9581 #A3EC81 #81D8EC #CB81EC

square

#EC9581 #A3EC81 #81D8EC #CB81EC

split-complementary

#EC9581 #81ECCB #81A3EC

monochromatic

#D34120 #E4684C #EC9581 #F4C2B6 #FBE9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#EC9581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#EC9581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9581

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9581	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A17F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB280

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE8890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 149, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.110 33.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5b5a5',
    500: '#ec9581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9581;
$custom-light: #f5b5a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.215,
    "s": 73.793,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75393,
    "c": 0.1097,
    "h": 33.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9581

secondary

#D7EDF2

accent

#B1D610

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF6F4

border

#D7D0CE

text

#17110F

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9581

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

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