#EC9988#EC9988

#EC9988 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.104 H 32.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9988
RGB	rgb(236, 153, 136)
HSL	hsl(10, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(10, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 42.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, 29.16, 21.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 36.43, 36.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.23% 0.0877 0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(76.23% 0.104 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.4297, 42.3969, 28.8152)
Luminance	0.4239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9988 #88DBEC

analogous

#EC88A9 #EC9988 #ECCB88

triadic

#EC9988 #88EC99 #9988EC

tetradic

#EC9988 #A9EC88 #88DBEC #CB88EC

square

#EC9988 #A9EC88 #88DBEC #CB88EC

split-complementary

#EC9988 #88ECCB #88A9EC

monochromatic

#D74122 #E46C53 #EC9988 #F4C6BD #FBE8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#EC9988 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#EC9988 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9988

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9988	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9988	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA487

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B587

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD8D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9988;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 153, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.104 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5b7aa',
    500: '#ec9988',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9988;
$custom-light: #f5b7aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9988",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.2,
    "s": 72.464,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76227,
    "c": 0.10355,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9988

secondary

#D9EEF2

accent

#B3D511

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF6F4

border

#D7D0CE

text

#171110

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9988

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

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