#EC9E96#EC9E96

#EC9E96 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.095 H 25.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9E96
RGB	rgb(236, 158, 150)
HSL	hsl(6, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(6, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.1%, 36.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.56, 28.08, 16.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.56, 32.37, 29.82°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% 0.0851 0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.095 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.3260, 44.4923, 34.6801)
Luminance	0.4449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9E96 #96E4EC

analogous

#EC96B9 #EC9E96 #ECC996

triadic

#EC9E96 #96EC9E #9E96EC

tetradic

#EC9E96 #B9EC96 #96E4EC #C996EC

square

#EC9E96 #B9EC96 #96E4EC #C996EC

split-complementary

#EC9E96 #96ECC9 #96B9EC

monochromatic

#D93E2E #E36E62 #EC9E96 #F5CECA #FAE7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#EC9E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#EC9E96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9E96

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9E96	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA995

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B895

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC949C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 158, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.095 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bbb4',
    500: '#ec9e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9e96;
$custom-light: #f4bbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.581,
    "s": 69.355,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77408,
    "c": 0.09466,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9E96

secondary

#D9F0F2

accent

#C0D114

background

#FFFBFB

surface

#FFF6F6

border

#D7D0D0

text

#171211

muted

#858180

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9E96

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

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