#EC9599#EC9599

#EC9599 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.105 H 16.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9599
RGB	rgb(236, 149, 153)
HSL	hsl(357, 70%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(357, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.9%, 35.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, 33.20, 11.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 35.20, 19.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% 0.1007 0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.105 16.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.0913, 41.6315, 35.4756)
Luminance	0.4163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9599 #95ECE8

analogous

#EC95C5 #EC9599 #ECBC95

triadic

#EC9599 #99EC95 #9599EC

tetradic

#EC9599 #C5EC95 #95ECE8 #BC95EC

square

#EC9599 #C5EC95 #95ECE8 #BC95EC

split-complementary

#EC9599 #95ECBC #95C5EC

monochromatic

#D92D35 #E36167 #EC9599 #F5C9CB #FAE5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#EC9599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#EC9599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9599

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9599	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC8C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 149, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.105 16.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4b5b7',
    500: '#ec9599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9599;
$custom-light: #f4b5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.241,
    "s": 69.6,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75939,
    "c": 0.10517,
    "h": 16.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9599

secondary

#D9F2F1

accent

#D2C914

background

#FFFBFB

surface

#FFF6F6

border

#D7D0D0

text

#171111

muted

#858080

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9599

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

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