#EC9997#EC9997

#EC9997 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.100 H 21.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9997
RGB	rgb(236, 153, 151)
HSL	hsl(1, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(1, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 36%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.46, 30.85, 14.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.46, 33.88, 24.42°)
OKLab	oklab(76.57% 0.0935 0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(76.57% 0.1 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.5713, 42.8535, 34.8275)
Luminance	0.4285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9997 #97EAEC

analogous

#EC97BF #EC9997 #ECC397

triadic

#EC9997 #97EC99 #9997EC

tetradic

#EC9997 #BFEC97 #97EAEC #C397EC

square

#EC9997 #BFEC97 #97EAEC #C397EC

split-complementary

#EC9997 #97ECC3 #97BFEC

monochromatic

#D93330 #E36663 #EC9997 #F5CCCB #FAE6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#EC9997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#EC9997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9997

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9997	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA596

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB596

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC8F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 153, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.100 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4b8b5',
    500: '#ec9997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9997;
$custom-light: #f4b8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.412,
    "s": 69.106,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76569,
    "c": 0.10026,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9997

secondary

#D9F1F2

accent

#CDD114

background

#FFFBFB

surface

#FFF6F6

border

#D7D0D0

text

#171111

muted

#858080

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9997

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

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