#EC997F#EC997F

#EC997F is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.107 H 38.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC997F
RGB	rgb(236, 153, 127)
HSL	hsl(14, 74%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(14, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 46.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, 28.24, 26.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 38.75, 43.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% 0.0841 0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.107 38.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.8167, 42.1517, 25.5869)
Luminance	0.4215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC997F #7FD2EC

analogous

#EC7F9B #EC997F #ECCF7F

triadic

#EC997F #7FEC99 #997FEC

tetradic

#EC997F #9BEC7F #7FD2EC #CF7FEC

square

#EC997F #9BEC7F #7FD2EC #CF7FEC

split-complementary

#EC997F #7FECCF #7F9BEC

monochromatic

#D24A1F #E46F4A #EC997F #F4C3B4 #FBEAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#EC997F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#EC997F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC997F

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC997F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC997F	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA37D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B47E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE8C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec997f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 153, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.107 38.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5b7a4',
    500: '#ec997f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec997f;
$custom-light: #f5b7a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec997f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.312,
    "s": 74.15,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76042,
    "c": 0.10695,
    "h": 38.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC997F

secondary

#D5EBF2

accent

#A7D60F

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF6F4

border

#D7D0CE

text

#17110F

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC997F

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →