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#E08079

#e08079 ≈ Light Coral

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e08079 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.84% red, 50.2% green and 47.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 42.86% magenta, 45.98% yellow and 12.16% black. Its hue angle is 4.08°, with 62.42% saturation and 67.65% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with energy, passion and urgency. Designers typically use it for food and restaurant brands, sales and promotions and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.53:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Coral (#f08080), ΔE 3.44.

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Web safe#cc9966
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Relative luminance0.3267

Complementary

  1. #e08079
  2. #79d9e0

Split complementary

  1. #e08079
  2. #79e0b4
  3. #79a6e0

Analogous

  1. #e079a6
  2. #e08079
  3. #e0b479

Triadic

  1. #e08079
  2. #79e080
  3. #8079e0

Tetradic

  1. #e08079
  2. #d9e079
  3. #79d9e0
  4. #8079e0

Square

  1. #e08079
  2. #a6e079
  3. #79d9e0
  4. #b479e0

Monochromatic

  1. #9c2c24
  2. #d2453b
  3. #e08079
  4. #eebbb7
  5. #fbefee

Shades

#e08079 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e08079
  2. #ca736d
  3. #b36661
  4. #9d5a55
  5. #864d49
  6. #70403d
  7. #5a3330
  8. #432624
  9. #2d1a18
  10. #160d0c
  11. #000000

Tints

#e08079 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e08079
  2. #e38d86
  3. #e69994
  4. #e9a6a1
  5. #ecb3af
  6. #f0c0bc
  7. #f3ccc9
  8. #f6d9d7
  9. #f9e6e4
  10. #fcf2f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e08079 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e08079
  2. #d6807a
  3. #cd807a
  4. #c3807b
  5. #ba807c
  6. #b0807d
  7. #a6807d
  8. #9d807e
  9. #93807f
  10. #8a807f
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bb918e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #958f78 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ada277 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f2737f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b88978 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c39678 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eb787c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e08079 {
  color: #e08079;
}
Background
.bg-e08079 {
  background-color: #e08079;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e08079 {
  border: 2px solid #e08079;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e08079;
  --color-primary-rgb: 224 128 121;
  --color-primary-hsl: 4 62% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e08079 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e08079, #e0b479);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e08079 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(224 128 121 / 0.35);
}

#f08080 Light Coral ΔE 3.44 #fa8072 Salmon ΔE 5.20 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 6.70 #ff6961 Pastel Red ΔE 7.28 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 7.36 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 7.52 #e9967a Dark Salmon ΔE 8.98 #1f7f86 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Light Coral
#e08079  rgb(224, 128, 121)  hsl(4, 62%, 68%)  Light Coral
#79d9e0  rgb(121, 217, 224)  hsl(184, 62%, 68%)  Medium Turquoise
#79e080  rgb(121, 224, 128)  hsl(124, 62%, 68%)  Pastel Green
#8079e0  rgb(128, 121, 224)  hsl(244, 62%, 68%)  Medium Purple