HEX atlas value

#ECA08D

#ECA08D is a warm red HEX color close to Salmon Rose. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 236, 160, 141, HSL 12, 71%, 74%, has luminance 0.449, and belongs to the balanced group.

red warm balanced

#ECA08D Sample readable text

HEX #ECA08D

RGB rgb(236, 160, 141)

HSL hsl(12 71% 74%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 32, 40, 7)

Luminance 0.449

Contrast Black 9.98:1White 2.1:1

CSS

--color-eca08d: #ECA08D;
.background-eca08d { background-color: #ECA08D; }
.text-eca08d { color: #ECA08D; }

Luminance0.449

Black text9.98:1AA Pass

White text2.1:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#ECA08D","rgb":[236,160,141],"hsl":[12,71,74],"cmyk":[0,32,40,7],"luminance":0.449,"contrast":{"black":9.98,"white":2.1}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":9.98,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":2.1,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#F9E2DC","hex":"#F9E2DC","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.94,"contrastWhite":1.24,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#ECD08E","hex":"#ECD08E","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.98,"contrastWhite":1.5,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#8ED9EC","hex":"#8ED9EC","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.29,"contrastWhite":1.58,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Burly Wood","hex":"#DEB887","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.31,"contrastWhite":1.86,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Soft Coral","hex":"#F7A8A8","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.12,"contrastWhite":1.89,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm red","balanced","balanced red","Salmon Rose adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","high-attention visual states"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/eca08d.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/salmon-rose.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/dark-salmon.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/light-salmon.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#8ED9EC","analogous":["#EC8EAA","#ECD08E"],"triadic":["#8EECA0","#A08EEC"],"tetradic":["#AAEC8E","#8ED9EC","#D08EEC"],"splitComplementary":["#8EECD0","#8EAAEC"],"monochromatic":["#F9E2DC","#ECA08D","#DE5F3F"]}

Variants

{"light":"#F9E2DC","dark":"#DE5F3F","saturated":"#FA987F","desaturated":"#DDA99C","pastel":"#FEFCFB","neon":"#FFB6A3"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"salmon-rose","name":"Salmon Rose","hex":"#E7968B","distance":11.357816691600547},{"slug":"dark-salmon","name":"Dark Salmon","hex":"#E9967A","distance":21.6794833886788},{"slug":"light-salmon","name":"Light Salmon","hex":"#FFA07A","distance":26.870057685088806},{"slug":"burly-wood","name":"Burly Wood","hex":"#DEB887","distance":28.42534080710379},{"slug":"soft-coral","name":"Soft Coral","hex":"#F7A8A8","distance":30.23243291566195}]

HEX meaning and use

About #ECA08D

#ECA08D is classified as a warm red value with balanced visual character. #ECA08D is visually closest to Salmon Rose, a named red color with HEX #E7968B.

The RGB channels are 236, 160, and 141, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 12deg with 71% saturation and 74% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

According to Colors Encyclopedia, this HEX value works best for color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and high-attention visual states. Its luminance is 0.449, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 11.36, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text9.98:1AA Pass

White text2.1:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #ECA08D needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000009.98:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF2.1:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#F9E2DC#000000 text · best 16.94:1#F9E2DC

#ECD08E#000000 text · best 13.98:1#ECD08E

#8ED9EC#000000 text · best 13.29:1#8ED9EC

Burly Wood#000000 text · best 11.31:1#DEB887

Soft Coral#000000 text · best 11.12:1#F7A8A8

Generated Palette

#ECA08D#ECA08D

#8ED9EC#8ED9EC

#EC8EAA#EC8EAA

#ECD08E#ECD08E

#F9E2DC#F9E2DC

#DE5F3F#DE5F3F

Color Harmonies

#8ED9EC#8ED9EC

#EC8EAA#EC8EAA

#ECD08E#ECD08E

#8EECA0#8EECA0

#A08EEC#A08EEC

Variants

#F9E2DC#F9E2DC

#DE5F3F#DE5F3F

#FA987F#FA987F

#DDA99C#DDA99C

#FEFCFB#FEFCFB

#FFB6A3#FFB6A3

Nearest Named Colors

Salmon Rose#E7968B

Dark Salmon#E9967A

Light Salmon#FFA07A

Burly Wood#DEB887

Soft Coral#F7A8A8

#ECA08D

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #ECA08D

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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