#EC9989#EC9989

#EC9989 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.103 H 31.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9989
RGB	rgb(236, 153, 137)
HSL	hsl(10, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(10, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 41.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.16, 29.27, 21.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.16, 36.21, 36.07°)
OKLab	oklab(76.25% 0.088 0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(76.25% 0.103 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.5011, 42.4254, 29.1912)
Luminance	0.4242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9989 #89DCEC

analogous

#EC89AA #EC9989 #ECCA89

triadic

#EC9989 #89EC99 #9989EC

tetradic

#EC9989 #AAEC89 #89DCEC #CA89EC

square

#EC9989 #AAEC89 #89DCEC #CA89EC

split-complementary

#EC9989 #89ECCA #89AAEC

monochromatic

#D84023 #E46B54 #EC9989 #F4C7BE #FBE8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#EC9989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#EC9989 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9989

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9989	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	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)

#ACA488

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B588

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD8D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 153, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.103 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5b7ab',
    500: '#ec9989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9989;
$custom-light: #f5b7ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.697,
    "s": 72.263,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76248,
    "c": 0.10323,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9989

secondary

#D9EEF2

accent

#B5D411

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF6F4

border

#D7D0CE

text

#171110

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9989

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

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