#EC9990#EC9990

#EC9990 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.101 H 26.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9990
RGB	rgb(236, 153, 144)
HSL	hsl(6, 71%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(6, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 39%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, 30.04, 17.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 34.85, 30.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% 0.0908 0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.101 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.0196, 42.6328, 31.9220)
Luminance	0.4263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9990 #90E3EC

analogous

#EC90B5 #EC9990 #ECC790

triadic

#EC9990 #90EC99 #9990EC

tetradic

#EC9990 #B5EC90 #90E3EC #C790EC

square

#EC9990 #B5EC90 #90E3EC #C790EC

split-complementary

#EC9990 #90ECC7 #90B5EC

monochromatic

#DA3927 #E3695C #EC9990 #F5C9C4 #FBE7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#EC9990 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#EC9990 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9990

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9990	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9990	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA58F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB58F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD8E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9990;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 153, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.101 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4b7b0',
    500: '#ec9990',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9990;
$custom-light: #f4b7b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9990",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.87,
    "s": 70.769,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76404,
    "c": 0.10138,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9990

secondary

#D9F0F2

accent

#C0D313

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF6F4

border

#D7D0CE

text

#171110

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9990

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

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