#EC9591#EC9591

#EC9591 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.106 H 22.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9591
RGB	rgb(236, 149, 145)
HSL	hsl(3, 71%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(3, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.9%, 38.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.44, 32.26, 15.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.44, 35.97, 26.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% 0.0976 0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.106 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.4526, 41.3761, 32.1117)
Luminance	0.4137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9591 #91E8EC

analogous

#EC91BB #EC9591 #ECC291

triadic

#EC9591 #91EC95 #9591EC

tetradic

#EC9591 #BBEC91 #91E8EC #C291EC

square

#EC9591 #BBEC91 #91E8EC #C291EC

split-complementary

#EC9591 #91ECC2 #91BBEC

monochromatic

#DA3029 #E3635D #EC9591 #F5C7C5 #FAE6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#EC9591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#EC9591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9591

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9591	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A290

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB390

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD8A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 149, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.106 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5b5b1',
    500: '#ec9591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9591;
$custom-light: #f5b5b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.637,
    "s": 70.543,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75745,
    "c": 0.10576,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9591

secondary

#D9F1F2

accent

#CAD313

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF6F5

border

#D7D0CF

text

#171110

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9591

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

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