#EC9EA5#EC9EA5

#EC9EA5 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.094 H 13.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9EA5
RGB	rgb(236, 158, 165)
HSL	hsl(355, 67%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(355, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.1%, 30.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.90, 29.95, 8.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.90, 31.08, 15.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.78% 0.0909 0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(77.78% 0.094 13.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.6120, 45.0067, 41.4534)
Luminance	0.4500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9EA5 #9EECE5

analogous

#EC9ECC #EC9EA5 #ECBE9E

triadic

#EC9EA5 #A5EC9E #9EA5EC

tetradic

#EC9EA5 #CCEC9E #9EECE5 #BE9EEC

square

#EC9EA5 #CCEC9E #9EECE5 #BE9EEC

split-complementary

#EC9EA5 #9EECBE #9ECCEC

monochromatic

#D83846 #E26B76 #EC9EA5 #F6D1D4 #FAE5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#EC9EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#EC9EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9EA5

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9EA5	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAAA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB9A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA97A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 158, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.094 13.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bbbf',
    500: '#ec9ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9ea5;
$custom-light: #f4bbbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.615,
    "s": 67.241,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77781,
    "c": 0.09352,
    "h": 13.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9EA5

secondary

#D9F2EF

accent

#CFBF16

background

#FFFBFB

surface

#FEF6F7

border

#D6D0D0

text

#171212

muted

#858181

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9EA5

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

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