#EC978C#EC978C

#EC978C is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.104 H 27.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC978C
RGB	rgb(236, 151, 140)
HSL	hsl(7, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(7, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 40.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, 30.65, 19.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 36.13, 31.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% 0.0924 0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.104 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.3947, 41.8635, 30.2321)
Luminance	0.4186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC978C #8CE1EC

analogous

#EC8CB1 #EC978C #ECC78C

triadic

#EC978C #8CEC97 #978CEC

tetradic

#EC978C #B1EC8C #8CE1EC #C78CEC

square

#EC978C #B1EC8C #8CE1EC #C78CEC

split-complementary

#EC978C #8CECC7 #8CB1EC

monochromatic

#DA3924 #E36757 #EC978C #F5C6C1 #FBE7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#EC978C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#EC978C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC978C

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC978C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC978C	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA38B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB48B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD8C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec978c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 151, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.104 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5b6ad',
    500: '#ec978c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec978c;
$custom-light: #f5b6ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec978c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.875,
    "s": 71.642,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7597,
    "c": 0.10446,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC978C

secondary

#D9EFF2

accent

#BDD412

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF6F4

border

#D7D0CE

text

#171110

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC978C

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

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