#EC9CA8#EC9CA8

#EC9CA8 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.097 H 9.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9CA8
RGB	rgb(236, 156, 168)
HSL	hsl(351, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(351, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.9%, 28.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.52, 31.40, 6.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.52, 31.99, 11.03°)
OKLab	oklab(77.52% 0.0952 0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(77.52% 0.097 9.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.5499, 44.4405, 42.7956)
Luminance	0.4444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9CA8 #9CECE0

analogous

#EC9CD0 #EC9CA8 #ECB89C

triadic

#EC9CA8 #A8EC9C #9CA8EC

tetradic

#EC9CA8 #D0EC9C #9CECE0 #B89CEC

square

#EC9CA8 #D0EC9C #9CECE0 #B89CEC

split-complementary

#EC9CA8 #9CECB8 #9CD0EC

monochromatic

#D8354E #E2697B #EC9CA8 #F6CFD5 #FAE5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#EC9CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#EC9CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9CA8

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9CA8	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A9A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB8A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA95A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 156, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.097 9.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bac1',
    500: '#ec9ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9ca8;
$custom-light: #f4bac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351,
    "s": 67.797,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77518,
    "c": 0.09659,
    "h": 9.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9CA8

secondary

#D9F2EE

accent

#D0B416

background

#FFFBFB

surface

#FEF6F7

border

#D6D0D0

text

#171112

muted

#858081

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9CA8

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

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