#EC9991#EC9991

#EC9991 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.101 H 25.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9991
RGB	rgb(236, 153, 145)
HSL	hsl(5, 71%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(5, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 38.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, 30.15, 17.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 34.68, 29.62°)
OKLab	oklab(76.43% 0.0912 0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(76.43% 0.101 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.0963, 42.6636, 32.3263)
Luminance	0.4266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9991 #91E4EC

analogous

#EC91B6 #EC9991 #ECC791

triadic

#EC9991 #91EC99 #9991EC

tetradic

#EC9991 #B6EC91 #91E4EC #C791EC

square

#EC9991 #B6EC91 #91E4EC #C791EC

split-complementary

#EC9991 #91ECC7 #91B6EC

monochromatic

#DA3829 #E3695D #EC9991 #F5C9C5 #FAE7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#EC9991 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#EC9991 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9991

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9991	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9991	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)

#ABA590

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB590

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD8E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9991;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 153, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.101 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4b8b1',
    500: '#ec9991',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9991;
$custom-light: #f4b8b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9991",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.275,
    "s": 70.543,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76427,
    "c": 0.10118,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9991

secondary

#D9F0F2

accent

#C2D313

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF6F5

border

#D7D0CF

text

#171110

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9991

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

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