#EC998A#EC998A

#EC998A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.103 H 30.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC998A
RGB	rgb(236, 153, 138)
HSL	hsl(9, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(9, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 41.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, 29.37, 20.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 35.99, 35.30°)
OKLab	oklab(76.27% 0.0884 0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(76.27% 0.103 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.5731, 42.4543, 29.5707)
Luminance	0.4245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC998A #8ADDEC

analogous

#EC8AAC #EC998A #ECCA8A

triadic

#EC998A #8AEC99 #998AEC

tetradic

#EC998A #ACEC8A #8ADDEC #CA8AEC

square

#EC998A #ACEC8A #8ADDEC #CA8AEC

split-complementary

#EC998A #8AECCA #8AACEC

monochromatic

#D83F23 #E36B55 #EC998A #F5C7BF #FBE8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#EC998A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#EC998A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC998A

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC998A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC998A	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD8D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec998a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 153, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.103 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5b7ac',
    500: '#ec998a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec998a;
$custom-light: #f5b7ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec998a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.184,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7627,
    "c": 0.10292,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC998A

secondary

#D9EEF2

accent

#B6D411

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF6F4

border

#D7D0CE

text

#171110

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC998A

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

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