#EC998C#EC998C

#EC998C is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.102 H 29.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC998C
RGB	rgb(236, 153, 140)
HSL	hsl(8, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(8, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 40.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, 29.59, 19.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 35.58, 33.72°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% 0.0892 0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.102 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.7193, 42.5127, 30.3403)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC998C #8CDFEC

analogous

#EC8CAF #EC998C #ECC98C

triadic

#EC998C #8CEC99 #998CEC

tetradic

#EC998C #AFEC8C #8CDFEC #C98CEC

square

#EC998C #AFEC8C #8CDFEC #C98CEC

split-complementary

#EC998C #8CECC9 #8CAFEC

monochromatic

#DA3D24 #E36A57 #EC998C #F5C8C1 #FBE8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#EC998C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#EC998C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC998C

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC998C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC998C	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)

#ABA48B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB58B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD8E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec998c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 153, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.102 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5b7ad',
    500: '#ec998c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec998c;
$custom-light: #f5b7ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec998c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.125,
    "s": 71.642,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76314,
    "c": 0.10236,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC998C

secondary

#D9EFF2

accent

#B9D412

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF6F4

border

#D7D0CE

text

#171110

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC998C

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

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