#EC9C8D#EC9C8D

#EC9C8D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.099 H 31.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9C8D
RGB	rgb(236, 156, 141)
HSL	hsl(9, 71%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(9, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.9%, 40.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, 28.11, 20.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 34.59, 35.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.85% 0.0848 0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(76.85% 0.099 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.2905, 43.5367, 30.8962)
Luminance	0.4353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9C8D #8DDDEC

analogous

#EC8DAE #EC9C8D #ECCC8D

triadic

#EC9C8D #8DEC9C #9C8DEC

tetradic

#EC9C8D #AEEC8D #8DDDEC #CC8DEC

square

#EC9C8D #AEEC8D #8DDDEC #CC8DEC

split-complementary

#EC9C8D #8DECCC #8DAEEC

monochromatic

#DA4124 #E36E59 #EC9C8D #F5CAC1 #FBE8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#EC9C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#EC9C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9C8D

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9C8D	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA68C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B78C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD9198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 156, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.099 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4baae',
    500: '#ec9c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9c8d;
$custom-light: #f4baae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.474,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76855,
    "c": 0.09905,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9C8D

secondary

#D9EEF2

accent

#B5D312

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF6F4

border

#D7D0CE

text

#171110

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9C8D

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

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