#EC9985#EC9985

#EC9985 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.105 H 34.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9985
RGB	rgb(236, 153, 133)
HSL	hsl(12, 73%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(12, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 43.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, 28.85, 23.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 37.15, 39.06°)
OKLab	oklab(76.16% 0.0865 0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(76.16% 0.105 34.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.2194, 42.3128, 27.7080)
Luminance	0.4231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9985 #85D8EC

analogous

#EC85A5 #EC9985 #ECCC85

triadic

#EC9985 #85EC99 #9985EC

tetradic

#EC9985 #A5EC85 #85D8EC #CC85EC

square

#EC9985 #A5EC85 #85D8EC #CC85EC

split-complementary

#EC9985 #85ECCC #85A5EC

monochromatic

#D54421 #E46D50 #EC9985 #F4C5BA #FBE9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#EC9985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#EC9985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9985

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9985	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA483

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B584

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE8D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 153, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.105 34.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5b7a8',
    500: '#ec9985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9985;
$custom-light: #f5b7a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.65,
    "s": 73.05,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76163,
    "c": 0.10458,
    "h": 34.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9985

secondary

#D8EDF3

accent

#AFD510

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF6F4

border

#D7D0CE

text

#17110F

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9985

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

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