#EC9D8A#EC9D8A

#EC9D8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.099 H 34.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9D8A
RGB	rgb(236, 157, 138)
HSL	hsl(12, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(12, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 41.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.08, 27.26, 22.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.08, 35.05, 38.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% 0.082 0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.099 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.2388, 43.7857, 29.7926)
Luminance	0.4378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9D8A #8AD9EC

analogous

#EC8AA8 #EC9D8A #ECCE8A

triadic

#EC9D8A #8AEC9D #9D8AEC

tetradic

#EC9D8A #A8EC8A #8AD9EC #CE8AEC

square

#EC9D8A #A8EC8A #8AD9EC #CE8AEC

split-complementary

#EC9D8A #8AECCE #8AA8EC

monochromatic

#D84623 #E37155 #EC9D8A #F5C9BF #FBE9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#EC9D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#EC9D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9D8A

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9D8A	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA788

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD9298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 157, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.099 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5baac',
    500: '#ec9d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9d8a;
$custom-light: #f5baac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.633,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76965,
    "c": 0.09911,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9D8A

secondary

#D9EDF2

accent

#AED411

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF6F4

border

#D7D0CE

text

#171110

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9D8A

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

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