#EC9CA1#EC9CA1

#EC9CA1 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.096 H 15.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9CA1
RGB	rgb(236, 156, 161)
HSL	hsl(356, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(356, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.9%, 31.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.35, 30.49, 9.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.35, 32.01, 17.73°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% 0.0926 0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.096 15.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.9153, 44.1866, 39.4531)
Luminance	0.4418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9CA1 #9CECE7

analogous

#EC9CC9 #EC9CA1 #ECBF9C

triadic

#EC9CA1 #A1EC9C #9CA1EC

tetradic

#EC9CA1 #C9EC9C #9CECE7 #BF9CEC

square

#EC9CA1 #C9EC9C #9CECE7 #BF9CEC

split-complementary

#EC9CA1 #9CECBF #9CC9EC

monochromatic

#D8353F #E26970 #EC9CA1 #F6CFD2 #FAE5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#EC9CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#EC9CA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9CA1

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9CA1	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA8A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB7A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB949E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 156, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.096 15.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4babc',
    500: '#ec9ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9ca1;
$custom-light: #f4babc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.25,
    "s": 67.797,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77333,
    "c": 0.09603,
    "h": 15.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9CA1

secondary

#D9F2F0

accent

#D0C416

background

#FFFBFB

surface

#FFF6F6

border

#D7D0D0

text

#171112

muted

#858081

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9CA1

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

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