#EC9EA2#EC9EA2

#EC9EA2 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.093 H 16.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9EA2
RGB	rgb(236, 158, 162)
HSL	hsl(357, 67%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(357, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.1%, 31.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.83, 29.56, 9.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.83, 31.16, 18.46°)
OKLab	oklab(77.7% 0.0898 0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(77.7% 0.093 16.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.3422, 44.8988, 40.0322)
Luminance	0.4490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9EA2 #9EECE8

analogous

#EC9EC9 #EC9EA2 #ECC19E

triadic

#EC9EA2 #A2EC9E #9EA2EC

tetradic

#EC9EA2 #C9EC9E #9EECE8 #C19EEC

square

#EC9EA2 #C9EC9E #9EECE8 #C19EEC

split-complementary

#EC9EA2 #9EECC1 #9EC9EC

monochromatic

#D83840 #E26B71 #EC9EA2 #F6D1D3 #FAE5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#EC9EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#EC9EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9EA2

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9EA2	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAAA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB8A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB96A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 158, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.093 16.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bbbd',
    500: '#ec9ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9ea2;
$custom-light: #f4bbbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.923,
    "s": 67.241,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77703,
    "c": 0.09343,
    "h": 16.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9EA2

secondary

#D9F2F0

accent

#CFC616

background

#FFFBFB

surface

#FEF6F6

border

#D6D0D0

text

#171212

muted

#858181

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9EA2

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

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