#EC9996#EC9996

#EC9996 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.100 H 21.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9996
RGB	rgb(236, 153, 150)
HSL	hsl(2, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(2, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 36.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, 30.73, 14.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 33.99, 25.30°)
OKLab	oklab(76.54% 0.0931 0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(76.54% 0.1 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.4904, 42.8212, 34.4016)
Luminance	0.4282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9996 #96E9EC

analogous

#EC96BE #EC9996 #ECC496

triadic

#EC9996 #96EC99 #9996EC

tetradic

#EC9996 #BEEC96 #96E9EC #C496EC

square

#EC9996 #BEEC96 #96E9EC #C496EC

split-complementary

#EC9996 #96ECC4 #96BEEC

monochromatic

#D9342E #E36762 #EC9996 #F5CBCA #FAE6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#EC9996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#EC9996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9996

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9996	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)

#AAA595

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB595

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC8F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 153, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.100 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4b8b4',
    500: '#ec9996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9996;
$custom-light: #f4b8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.093,
    "s": 69.355,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76544,
    "c": 0.10038,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9996

secondary

#D9F1F2

accent

#CBD114

background

#FFFBFB

surface

#FFF6F6

border

#D7D0D0

text

#171111

muted

#858080

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9996

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

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