#EC9995#EC9995

#EC9995 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.101 H 22.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9995
RGB	rgb(236, 153, 149)
HSL	hsl(3, 70%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(3, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 36.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, 30.61, 15.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 34.11, 26.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% 0.0927 0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.101 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.4102, 42.7891, 33.9793)
Luminance	0.4279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9995 #95E8EC

analogous

#EC95BC #EC9995 #ECC595

triadic

#EC9995 #95EC99 #9995EC

tetradic

#EC9995 #BCEC95 #95E8EC #C595EC

square

#EC9995 #BCEC95 #95E8EC #C595EC

split-complementary

#EC9995 #95ECC5 #95BCEC

monochromatic

#D9352D #E36761 #EC9995 #F5CBC9 #FAE6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#EC9995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#EC9995 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9995

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9995	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA594

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB594

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC8F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 153, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.101 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4b8b4',
    500: '#ec9995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9995;
$custom-light: #f4b8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.759,
    "s": 69.6,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7652,
    "c": 0.10051,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9995

secondary

#D9F1F2

accent

#C9D214

background

#FFFBFB

surface

#FFF6F6

border

#D7D0D0

text

#171111

muted

#858080

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9995

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

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