#EC998B#EC998B

#EC998B is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.103 H 30.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC998B
RGB	rgb(236, 153, 139)
HSL	hsl(9, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(9, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 41.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, 29.48, 20.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 35.78, 34.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% 0.0888 0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.103 30.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.6459, 42.4834, 29.9538)
Luminance	0.4248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC998B #8BDEEC

analogous

#EC8BAD #EC998B #ECC98B

triadic

#EC998B #8BEC99 #998BEC

tetradic

#EC998B #ADEC8B #8BDEEC #C98BEC

square

#EC998B #ADEC8B #8BDEEC #C98BEC

split-complementary

#EC998B #8BECC9 #8BADEC

monochromatic

#D93E24 #E36B56 #EC998B #F5C7C0 #FBE8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#EC998B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#EC998B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC998B

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC998B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC998B	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA48A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB58A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD8E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec998b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 153, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.103 30.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5b7ad',
    500: '#ec998b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec998b;
$custom-light: #f5b7ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec998b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.66,
    "s": 71.852,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76292,
    "c": 0.10263,
    "h": 30.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC998B

secondary

#D9EFF2

accent

#B8D412

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF6F4

border

#D7D0CE

text

#171110

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC998B

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

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