#EC9999#EC9999

#EC9999 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.100 H 19.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9999
RGB	rgb(236, 153, 153)
HSL	hsl(0, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(0, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 35.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, 31.09, 12.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 33.68, 22.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.62% 0.0943 0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(76.62% 0.1 19.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.7351, 42.9190, 35.6902)
Luminance	0.4291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9999 #99ECEC

analogous

#EC99C3 #EC9999 #ECC399

triadic

#EC9999 #99EC99 #9999EC

tetradic

#EC9999 #C3EC99 #99ECEC #C399EC

square

#EC9999 #C3EC99 #99ECEC #C399EC

split-complementary

#EC9999 #99ECC3 #99C3EC

monochromatic

#D93232 #E26565 #EC9999 #F6CDCD #FAE5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#EC9999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#EC9999 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9999

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9999	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)

#A9A599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC909A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 153, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.100 19.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4b8b7',
    500: '#ec9999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9999;
$custom-light: #f4b8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 68.595,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76617,
    "c": 0.1001,
    "h": 19.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9999

secondary

#D9F2F2

accent

#D1D115

background

#FFFBFB

surface

#FFF6F6

border

#D7D0D0

text

#171111

muted

#858080

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9999

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

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