#EC9779#EC9779

#EC9779 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.111 H 40.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9779
RGB	rgb(236, 151, 121)
HSL	hsl(16, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(16, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 48.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.42, 28.72, 29.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.42, 40.86, 45.34°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% 0.085 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.111 40.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.1127, 41.3507, 23.4803)
Luminance	0.4135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9779 #79CEEC

analogous

#EC7995 #EC9779 #ECD079

triadic

#EC9779 #79EC97 #9779EC

tetradic

#EC9779 #95EC79 #79CEEC #D079EC

square

#EC9779 #95EC79 #79CEEC #D079EC

split-complementary

#EC9779 #79ECD0 #7995EC

monochromatic

#CD4B1D #E46D43 #EC9779 #F4C1AF #FBEAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#EC9779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#EC9779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9779

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9779	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	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)

#ACA177

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B378

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE898F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 151, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.111 40.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5b6a0',
    500: '#ec9779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9779;
$custom-light: #f5b6a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.652,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7558,
    "c": 0.11121,
    "h": 40.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9779

secondary

#D0E8F0

accent

#A3D70E

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110E

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9779

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

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