#EC998E#EC998E

#EC998E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.102 H 27.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC998E
RGB	rgb(236, 153, 142)
HSL	hsl(7, 71%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(7, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 39.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.26, 29.81, 18.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.26, 35.20, 32.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.36% 0.09 0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(76.36% 0.102 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.8681, 42.5722, 31.1241)
Luminance	0.4257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC998E #8EE1EC

analogous

#EC8EB2 #EC998E #ECC88E

triadic

#EC998E #8EEC99 #998EEC

tetradic

#EC998E #B2EC8E #8EE1EC #C88EEC

square

#EC998E #B2EC8E #8EE1EC #C88EEC

split-complementary

#EC998E #8EECC8 #8EB2EC

monochromatic

#DA3A25 #E36A5A #EC998E #F5C8C2 #FBE7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#EC998E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#EC998E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC998E

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC998E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC998E	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA48D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB58D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD8E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec998e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 153, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.102 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5b7af',
    500: '#ec998e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec998e;
$custom-light: #f5b7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec998e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.021,
    "s": 71.212,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76358,
    "c": 0.10184,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC998E

secondary

#D9EFF2

accent

#BDD312

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF6F4

border

#D7D0CE

text

#171110

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC998E

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

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