#EC9595#EC9595

#EC9595 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.105 H 19.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9595
RGB	rgb(236, 149, 149)
HSL	hsl(0, 70%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(0, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.9%, 36.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, 32.72, 13.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 35.52, 22.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% 0.0991 0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.105 19.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.7665, 41.5016, 33.7648)
Luminance	0.4150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9595 #95ECEC

analogous

#EC95C0 #EC9595 #ECC095

triadic

#EC9595 #95EC95 #9595EC

tetradic

#EC9595 #C0EC95 #95ECEC #C095EC

square

#EC9595 #C0EC95 #95ECEC #C095EC

split-complementary

#EC9595 #95ECC0 #95C0EC

monochromatic

#D92D2D #E36161 #EC9595 #F5C9C9 #FAE5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#EC9595 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#EC9595 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9595

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9595	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9595	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A295

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB394

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC8B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9595;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 149, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.105 19.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4b5b4',
    500: '#ec9595',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9595;
$custom-light: #f4b5b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9595",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 69.6,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75841,
    "c": 0.10534,
    "h": 19.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9595

secondary

#D9F2F2

accent

#D2D214

background

#FFFBFB

surface

#FFF6F6

border

#D7D0D0

text

#171111

muted

#858080

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9595

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

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