#EC978A#EC978A

#EC978A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.105 H 29.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC978A
RGB	rgb(236, 151, 138)
HSL	hsl(8, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(8, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 41.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, 30.43, 20.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 36.52, 33.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% 0.0916 0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.105 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.2485, 41.8051, 29.4625)
Luminance	0.4180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC978A #8ADFEC

analogous

#EC8AAE #EC978A #ECC88A

triadic

#EC978A #8AEC97 #978AEC

tetradic

#EC978A #AEEC8A #8ADFEC #C88AEC

square

#EC978A #AEEC8A #8ADFEC #C88AEC

split-complementary

#EC978A #8AECC8 #8AAEEC

monochromatic

#D83B23 #E36855 #EC978A #F5C6BF #FBE8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#EC978A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#EC978A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC978A

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC978A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC978A	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA389

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD8B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec978a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 151, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.105 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5b6ac',
    500: '#ec978a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec978a;
$custom-light: #f5b6ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec978a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.959,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75926,
    "c": 0.10495,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC978A

secondary

#D9EFF2

accent

#BAD411

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF6F4

border

#D7D0CE

text

#171110

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC978A

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

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