#EC9CA2#EC9CA2

#EC9CA2 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.096 H 14.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9CA2
RGB	rgb(236, 156, 162)
HSL	hsl(356, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(356, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.9%, 31.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.38, 30.62, 9.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.38, 31.98, 16.78°)
OKLab	oklab(77.36% 0.0929 0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(77.36% 0.096 14.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.0038, 44.2221, 39.9194)
Luminance	0.4422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9CA2 #9CECE6

analogous

#EC9CCA #EC9CA2 #ECBE9C

triadic

#EC9CA2 #A2EC9C #9CA2EC

tetradic

#EC9CA2 #CAEC9C #9CECE6 #BE9CEC

square

#EC9CA2 #CAEC9C #9CECE6 #BE9CEC

split-complementary

#EC9CA2 #9CECBE #9CCAEC

monochromatic

#D83542 #E26972 #EC9CA2 #F6CFD2 #FAE5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#EC9CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#EC9CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9CA2

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9CA2	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)

#AAA8A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB7A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB949E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 156, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.096 14.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4babd',
    500: '#ec9ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9ca2;
$custom-light: #f4babd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.5,
    "s": 67.797,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77359,
    "c": 0.09605,
    "h": 14.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9CA2

secondary

#D9F2F0

accent

#D0C216

background

#FFFBFB

surface

#FFF6F6

border

#D7D0D0

text

#171112

muted

#858081

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9CA2

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

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