#EC9F8A#EC9F8A

#EC9F8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.097 H 35.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9F8A
RGB	rgb(236, 159, 138)
HSL	hsl(13, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(13, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.6%, 41.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, 26.20, 22.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 34.63, 40.85°)
OKLab	oklab(77.32% 0.0788 0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(77.32% 0.097 35.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.5800, 44.4679, 29.9063)
Luminance	0.4446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9F8A #8AD7EC

analogous

#EC8AA6 #EC9F8A #ECD08A

triadic

#EC9F8A #8AEC9F #9F8AEC

tetradic

#EC9F8A #A6EC8A #8AD7EC #D08AEC

square

#EC9F8A #A6EC8A #8AD7EC #D08AEC

split-complementary

#EC9F8A #8AECD0 #8AA6EC

monochromatic

#D84A23 #E37455 #EC9F8A #F5CABF #FBE9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#EC9F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#EC9F8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9F8A

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9F8A	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)

#B1A888

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD949A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 159, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.097 35.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bcac',
    500: '#ec9f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9f8a;
$custom-light: #f4bcac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.857,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77316,
    "c": 0.09735,
    "h": 35.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9F8A

secondary

#D9EDF2

accent

#AAD411

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF6F4

border

#D7D0CE

text

#171210

muted

#85817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9F8A

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

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