#EC9987#EC9987

#EC9987 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.104 H 32.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9987
RGB	rgb(236, 153, 135)
HSL	hsl(11, 73%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(11, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 42.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, 29.05, 22.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 36.67, 37.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.21% 0.0872 0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(76.21% 0.104 32.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.3589, 42.3686, 28.4426)
Luminance	0.4237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9987 #87DAEC

analogous

#EC87A7 #EC9987 #ECCB87

triadic

#EC9987 #87EC99 #9987EC

tetradic

#EC9987 #A7EC87 #87DAEC #CB87EC

square

#EC9987 #A7EC87 #87DAEC #CB87EC

split-complementary

#EC9987 #87ECCB #87A7EC

monochromatic

#D74222 #E46C52 #EC9987 #F4C6BC #FBE9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#EC9987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#EC9987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9987

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9987	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)

#ACA485

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B586

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD8D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 153, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.104 32.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5b7aa',
    500: '#ec9987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9987;
$custom-light: #f5b7aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.693,
    "s": 72.662,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76205,
    "c": 0.10388,
    "h": 32.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9987

secondary

#D9EEF2

accent

#B2D511

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF6F4

border

#D7D0CE

text

#171110

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9987

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

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