#EC9998#EC9998

#EC9998 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.100 H 20.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9998
RGB	rgb(236, 153, 152)
HSL	hsl(1, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(1, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 35.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, 30.97, 13.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 33.78, 23.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76.59% 0.0939 0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(76.59% 0.1 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.6528, 42.8861, 35.2570)
Luminance	0.4288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9998 #98EBEC

analogous

#EC98C1 #EC9998 #ECC398

triadic

#EC9998 #98EC99 #9998EC

tetradic

#EC9998 #C1EC98 #98EBEC #C398EC

square

#EC9998 #C1EC98 #98EBEC #C398EC

split-complementary

#EC9998 #98ECC3 #98C1EC

monochromatic

#D93331 #E26664 #EC9998 #F6CCCC #FAE5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#EC9998 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#EC9998 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9998

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9998	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9998	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9998;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 153, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.100 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4b8b6',
    500: '#ec9998',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9998;
$custom-light: #f4b8b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9998",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.714,
    "s": 68.852,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76593,
    "c": 0.10017,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9998

secondary

#D9F1F2

accent

#CFD115

background

#FFFBFB

surface

#FFF6F6

border

#D7D0D0

text

#171111

muted

#858080

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9998

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

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