#EC9E8A#EC9E8A

#EC9E8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.098 H 35.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9E8A
RGB	rgb(236, 158, 138)
HSL	hsl(12, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(12, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.1%, 41.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.31, 26.73, 22.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.31, 34.83, 39.89°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% 0.0804 0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.098 35)
XYZ	xyz(51.4087, 44.1254, 29.8492)
Luminance	0.4412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9E8A #8AD8EC

analogous

#EC8AA7 #EC9E8A #ECCF8A

triadic

#EC9E8A #8AEC9E #9E8AEC

tetradic

#EC9E8A #A7EC8A #8AD8EC #CF8AEC

square

#EC9E8A #A7EC8A #8AD8EC #CF8AEC

split-complementary

#EC9E8A #8AECCF #8AA7EC

monochromatic

#D84823 #E37255 #EC9E8A #F5CABF #FBE9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#EC9E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#EC9E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9E8A

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9E8A	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A888

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD9399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 158, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.098 35.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5bbac',
    500: '#ec9e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9e8a;
$custom-light: #f5bbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.245,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7714,
    "c": 0.09822,
    "h": 35
  },
  "luminance": 0.44122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9E8A

secondary

#D9EDF2

accent

#ACD411

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF6F4

border

#D7D0CE

text

#171210

muted

#85817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9E8A

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

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