#EC9689#EC9689

#EC9689 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.106 H 29.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9689
RGB	rgb(236, 150, 137)
HSL	hsl(8, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(8, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.4%, 41.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.49, 30.85, 20.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.49, 36.99, 33.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% 0.0928 0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.106 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.0162, 41.4557, 29.0296)
Luminance	0.4145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9689 #89DFEC

analogous

#EC89AD #EC9689 #ECC789

triadic

#EC9689 #89EC96 #9689EC

tetradic

#EC9689 #ADEC89 #89DFEC #C789EC

square

#EC9689 #ADEC89 #89DFEC #C789EC

split-complementary

#EC9689 #89ECC7 #89ADEC

monochromatic

#D83B23 #E46754 #EC9689 #F4C5BE #FBE8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#EC9689 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#EC9689 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9689

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9689	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9689	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A288

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB388

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD8A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9689;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 150, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.106 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5b5ab',
    500: '#ec9689',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9689;
$custom-light: #f5b5ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9689",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.879,
    "s": 72.263,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75733,
    "c": 0.10626,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9689

secondary

#D9EFF2

accent

#BBD411

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF6F4

border

#D7D0CE

text

#171110

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9689

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

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