#EC9C8A#EC9C8A

#EC9C8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.100 H 33.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9C8A
RGB	rgb(236, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(11, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(11, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.9%, 41.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.86, 27.79, 21.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.86, 35.27, 38.01°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% 0.0836 0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.1 33.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.0703, 43.4487, 29.7365)
Luminance	0.4345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9C8A #8ADAEC

analogous

#EC8AA9 #EC9C8A #ECCD8A

triadic

#EC9C8A #8AEC9C #9C8AEC

tetradic

#EC9C8A #A9EC8A #8ADAEC #CD8AEC

square

#EC9C8A #A9EC8A #8ADAEC #CD8AEC

split-complementary

#EC9C8A #8AECCD #8AA9EC

monochromatic

#D84423 #E36F55 #EC9C8A #F5C9BF #FBE9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#EC9C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#EC9C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9C8A

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9C8A	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA688

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD9197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.100 33.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5b9ac',
    500: '#ec9c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9c8a;
$custom-light: #f5b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.02,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7679,
    "c": 0.10003,
    "h": 33.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9C8A

secondary

#D9EEF2

accent

#B0D411

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF6F4

border

#D7D0CE

text

#171110

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9C8A

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

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