#EC9B8A#EC9B8A

#EC9B8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.101 H 32.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9B8A
RGB	rgb(236, 155, 138)
HSL	hsl(10, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(10, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.3%, 41.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, 28.32, 21.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 35.50, 37.09°)
OKLab	oklab(76.62% 0.0852 0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(76.62% 0.101 32.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.9032, 43.1144, 29.6808)
Luminance	0.4311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9B8A #8ADBEC

analogous

#EC8AAA #EC9B8A #ECCC8A

triadic

#EC9B8A #8AEC9B #9B8AEC

tetradic

#EC9B8A #AAEC8A #8ADBEC #CC8AEC

square

#EC9B8A #AAEC8A #8ADBEC #CC8AEC

split-complementary

#EC9B8A #8AECCC #8AAAEC

monochromatic

#D84323 #E36E55 #EC9B8A #F5C8BF #FBE8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#EC9B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#EC9B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9B8A

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9B8A	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA689

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD9097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 155, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.101 32.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5b9ac',
    500: '#ec9b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9b8a;
$custom-light: #f5b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.408,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76616,
    "c": 0.10098,
    "h": 32.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9B8A

secondary

#D9EEF2

accent

#B2D411

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF6F4

border

#D7D0CE

text

#171110

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9B8A

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

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