#EC997E#EC997E

#EC997E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.107 H 38.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC997E
RGB	rgb(236, 153, 126)
HSL	hsl(15, 74%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(15, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 46.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, 28.14, 27.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 39.04, 43.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.02% 0.0837 0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(76.02% 0.107 38.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.7519, 42.1258, 25.2454)
Luminance	0.4212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC997E #7ED1EC

analogous

#EC7E9A #EC997E #ECD07E

triadic

#EC997E #7EEC99 #997EEC

tetradic

#EC997E #9AEC7E #7ED1EC #D07EEC

square

#EC997E #9AEC7E #7ED1EC #D07EEC

split-complementary

#EC997E #7EECD0 #7E9AEC

monochromatic

#D14A1F #E46F49 #EC997E #F4C3B3 #FBEAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#EC997E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#EC997E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC997E

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC997E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC997E	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA37C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B47D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE8C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec997e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 153, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.107 38.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5b7a3',
    500: '#ec997e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec997e;
$custom-light: #f5b7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec997e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.727,
    "s": 74.324,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76022,
    "c": 0.10739,
    "h": 38.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC997E

secondary

#D4EAF2

accent

#A6D60F

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF6F4

border

#D7D0CE

text

#17110F

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC997E

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

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