#EC978E#EC978E

#EC978E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.104 H 26.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC978E
RGB	rgb(236, 151, 142)
HSL	hsl(6, 71%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(6, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 39.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, 30.87, 18.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 35.78, 30.37°)
OKLab	oklab(76.02% 0.0932 0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(76.02% 0.104 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.5435, 41.9230, 31.0159)
Luminance	0.4192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC978E #8EE3EC

analogous

#EC8EB4 #EC978E #ECC68E

triadic

#EC978E #8EEC97 #978EEC

tetradic

#EC978E #B4EC8E #8EE3EC #C68EEC

square

#EC978E #B4EC8E #8EE3EC #C68EEC

split-complementary

#EC978E #8EECC6 #8EB4EC

monochromatic

#DA3725 #E3675A #EC978E #F5C7C2 #FBE7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#EC978E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#EC978E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC978E

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC978E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC978E	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A38D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB48D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD8C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec978e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 151, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.104 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5b6af',
    500: '#ec978e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec978e;
$custom-light: #f5b6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec978e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.745,
    "s": 71.212,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76015,
    "c": 0.104,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC978E

secondary

#D9F0F2

accent

#C1D312

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF6F4

border

#D7D0CE

text

#171110

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC978E

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

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