#EC9587#EC9587

#EC9587 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.108 H 29.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9587
RGB	rgb(236, 149, 135)
HSL	hsl(8, 73%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(8, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.9%, 42.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.23, 31.17, 21.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.23, 37.67, 34.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% 0.0937 0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.108 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.7152, 41.0811, 28.2280)
Luminance	0.4108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9587 #87DEEC

analogous

#EC87AB #EC9587 #ECC887

triadic

#EC9587 #87EC95 #9587EC

tetradic

#EC9587 #ABEC87 #87DEEC #C887EC

square

#EC9587 #ABEC87 #87DEEC #C887EC

split-complementary

#EC9587 #87ECC8 #87ABEC

monochromatic

#D73B22 #E46652 #EC9587 #F4C4BC #FBE8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#EC9587 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#EC9587 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9587

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9587	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9587	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A186

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB386

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE8992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9587;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 149, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.108 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5b5aa',
    500: '#ec9587',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9587;
$custom-light: #f5b5aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9587",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.317,
    "s": 72.662,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75519,
    "c": 0.10784,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9587

secondary

#D9EFF2

accent

#BAD511

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF6F4

border

#D7D0CE

text

#171110

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9587

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

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