#EC9596#EC9596

#EC9596 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.105 H 19.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9596
RGB	rgb(236, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(359, 70%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(359, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.9%, 36.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, 32.84, 13.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 35.43, 22.03°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% 0.0995 0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.105 19.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.8466, 41.5337, 34.1870)
Luminance	0.4153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9596 #95ECEB

analogous

#EC95C2 #EC9596 #ECBF95

triadic

#EC9596 #96EC95 #9596EC

tetradic

#EC9596 #C2EC95 #95ECEB #BF95EC

square

#EC9596 #C2EC95 #95ECEB #BF95EC

split-complementary

#EC9596 #95ECBF #95C2EC

monochromatic

#D92D2F #E36163 #EC9596 #F5C9C9 #FAE5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#EC9596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#EC9596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9596

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9596	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A296

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB395

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC8B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.105 19.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4b5b4',
    500: '#ec9596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9596;
$custom-light: #f4b5b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.31,
    "s": 69.6,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75865,
    "c": 0.10528,
    "h": 19.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9596

secondary

#D9F2F2

accent

#D2CF14

background

#FFFBFB

surface

#FFF6F6

border

#D7D0D0

text

#171111

muted

#858080

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9596

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →