#EC9C8F#EC9C8F

#EC9C8F is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.098 H 29.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9C8F
RGB	rgb(236, 156, 143)
HSL	hsl(8, 71%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(8, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.9%, 39.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, 28.34, 19.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 34.18, 34.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.9% 0.0856 0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(76.9% 0.098 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.4407, 43.5968, 31.6870)
Luminance	0.4359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9C8F #8FDFEC

analogous

#EC8FB1 #EC9C8F #ECCB8F

triadic

#EC9C8F #8FEC9C #9C8FEC

tetradic

#EC9C8F #B1EC8F #8FDFEC #CB8FEC

square

#EC9C8F #B1EC8F #8FDFEC #CB8FEC

split-complementary

#EC9C8F #8FECCB #8FB1EC

monochromatic

#DA4026 #E36E5B #EC9C8F #F5CAC3 #FBE8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#EC9C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#EC9C8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9C8F

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9C8F	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA78E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B78E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD9199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 156, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.098 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4baaf',
    500: '#ec9c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9c8f;
$custom-light: #f4baaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.387,
    "s": 70.992,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.769,
    "c": 0.09846,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9C8F

secondary

#D9EFF2

accent

#B8D312

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF6F4

border

#D7D0CE

text

#171110

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9C8F

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

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