#EC9878#EC9878

#EC9878 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.111 H 41.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9878
RGB	rgb(236, 152, 120)
HSL	hsl(17, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(17, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 49.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, 28.10, 29.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 41.02, 46.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% 0.083 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.111 41.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.2133, 41.6496, 23.2129)
Luminance	0.4164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9878 #78CCEC

analogous

#EC7892 #EC9878 #ECD278

triadic

#EC9878 #78EC98 #9878EC

tetradic

#EC9878 #92EC78 #78CCEC #D278EC

square

#EC9878 #92EC78 #78CCEC #D278EC

split-complementary

#EC9878 #78ECD2 #7892EC

monochromatic

#CD4D1D #E46F42 #EC9878 #F4C1AE #FBEAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#EC9878 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#EC9878 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9878

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9878	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9878	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA275

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B477

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE8A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9878;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 152, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.111 41.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5b79f',
    500: '#ec9878',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9878;
$custom-light: #f5b79f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9878",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.552,
    "s": 75.325,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75735,
    "c": 0.11092,
    "h": 41.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9878

secondary

#D0E7F0

accent

#A0D70E

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110E

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9878

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

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