#EC9981#EC9981

#EC9981 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.106 H 36.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9981
RGB	rgb(236, 153, 129)
HSL	hsl(13, 74%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(13, 45%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 45.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.01, 28.44, 25.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.01, 38.19, 41.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.08% 0.0849 0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(76.08% 0.106 36.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.9483, 42.2044, 26.2802)
Luminance	0.4220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9981 #81D4EC

analogous

#EC819F #EC9981 #ECCF81

triadic

#EC9981 #81EC99 #9981EC

tetradic

#EC9981 #9FEC81 #81D4EC #CF81EC

square

#EC9981 #9FEC81 #81D4EC #CF81EC

split-complementary

#EC9981 #81ECCF #819FEC

monochromatic

#D34820 #E46E4C #EC9981 #F4C4B6 #FBE9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#EC9981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#EC9981 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9981

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9981	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA37F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B580

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE8C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 153, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.106 36.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5b7a5',
    500: '#ec9981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9981;
$custom-light: #f5b7a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.458,
    "s": 73.793,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76082,
    "c": 0.10612,
    "h": 36.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9981

secondary

#D7ECF2

accent

#A9D610

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF6F4

border

#D7D0CE

text

#17110F

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9981

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

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