#EC9588#EC9588

#EC9588 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.108 H 29.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9588
RGB	rgb(236, 149, 136)
HSL	hsl(8, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(8, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.9%, 42.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, 31.27, 20.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 37.46, 33.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% 0.0941 0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.108 29)
XYZ	xyz(49.7859, 41.1094, 28.6006)
Luminance	0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9588 #88DFEC

analogous

#EC88AD #EC9588 #ECC788

triadic

#EC9588 #88EC95 #9588EC

tetradic

#EC9588 #ADEC88 #88DFEC #C788EC

square

#EC9588 #ADEC88 #88DFEC #C788EC

split-complementary

#EC9588 #88ECC7 #88ADEC

monochromatic

#D73A22 #E46653 #EC9588 #F4C4BD #FBE7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#EC9588 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#EC9588 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9588

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9588	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9588	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)

#A8A187

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB387

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD8992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9588;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 149, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.108 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5b5aa',
    500: '#ec9588',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9588;
$custom-light: #f5b5aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9588",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.8,
    "s": 72.464,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75541,
    "c": 0.10757,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.41105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9588

secondary

#D9EFF2

accent

#BBD511

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF6F4

border

#D7D0CE

text

#171110

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9588

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

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