#EC9E95#EC9E95

#EC9E95 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.095 H 26.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9E95
RGB	rgb(236, 158, 149)
HSL	hsl(6, 70%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(6, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.1%, 36.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.53, 27.97, 16.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.53, 32.53, 30.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77.39% 0.0848 0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(77.39% 0.095 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.2458, 44.4602, 34.2579)
Luminance	0.4446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9E95 #95E3EC

analogous

#EC95B7 #EC9E95 #ECC995

triadic

#EC9E95 #95EC9E #9E95EC

tetradic

#EC9E95 #B7EC95 #95E3EC #C995EC

square

#EC9E95 #B7EC95 #95E3EC #C995EC

split-complementary

#EC9E95 #95ECC9 #95B7EC

monochromatic

#D93F2D #E36F61 #EC9E95 #F5CDC9 #FAE7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#EC9E95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#EC9E95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9E95

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9E95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9E95	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)

#AFA994

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B894

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC949C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9e95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 158, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.095 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bbb4',
    500: '#ec9e95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9e95;
$custom-light: #f4bbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9e95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.207,
    "s": 69.6,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77385,
    "c": 0.09487,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9E95

secondary

#D9EFF2

accent

#BED214

background

#FFFBFB

surface

#FFF6F6

border

#D7D0D0

text

#171211

muted

#858180

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9E95

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

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