#EC9986#EC9986

#EC9986 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.104 H 33.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9986
RGB	rgb(236, 153, 134)
HSL	hsl(11, 73%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(11, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 43.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, 28.95, 22.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 36.90, 38.33°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% 0.0869 0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.104 33.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.2889, 42.3406, 28.0736)
Luminance	0.4234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9986 #86D9EC

analogous

#EC86A6 #EC9986 #ECCC86

triadic

#EC9986 #86EC99 #9986EC

tetradic

#EC9986 #A6EC86 #86D9EC #CC86EC

square

#EC9986 #A6EC86 #86D9EC #CC86EC

split-complementary

#EC9986 #86ECCC #86A6EC

monochromatic

#D64322 #E46C51 #EC9986 #F4C6BB #FBE9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#EC9986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#EC9986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9986

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9986	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA484

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B585

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD8D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 153, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.104 33.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5b7a9',
    500: '#ec9986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9986;
$custom-light: #f5b7a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.176,
    "s": 72.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76184,
    "c": 0.10422,
    "h": 33.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9986

secondary

#D8EEF3

accent

#B0D511

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF6F4

border

#D7D0CE

text

#17110F

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9986

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

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