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#E77477

#e77477 ≈ Light Coral

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e77477 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.59% red, 45.49% green and 46.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 49.78% magenta, 48.48% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 358.43°, with 70.55% saturation and 68.04% 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 7.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Coral (#f08080), ΔE 3.27.

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Relative luminance0.3081

Complementary

  1. #e77477
  2. #74e7e4

Split complementary

  1. #e77477
  2. #74e7aa
  3. #74b1e7

Analogous

  1. #e774b1
  2. #e77477
  3. #e7aa74

Triadic

  1. #e77477
  2. #77e774
  3. #7477e7

Tetradic

  1. #e77477
  2. #e7e474
  3. #74e7e4
  4. #7477e7

Square

  1. #e77477
  2. #b1e774
  3. #74e7e4
  4. #aa74e7

Monochromatic

  1. #a51d20
  2. #dc3337
  3. #e77477
  4. #f2b5b7
  5. #fceeee

Shades

#e77477 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e77477
  2. #d0686b
  3. #b95d5f
  4. #a25153
  5. #8b4647
  6. #743a3c
  7. #5c2e30
  8. #452324
  9. #2e1718
  10. #170c0c
  11. #000000

Tints

#e77477 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e77477
  2. #e98285
  3. #ec9092
  4. #ee9ea0
  5. #f1acad
  6. #f3babb
  7. #f5c7c9
  8. #f8d5d6
  9. #fae3e4
  10. #fdf1f1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e77477 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e77477
  2. #dd7578
  3. #d27679
  4. #c8787a
  5. #be797b
  6. #b47a7c
  7. #a97b7c
  8. #9f7c7d
  9. #957e7e
  10. #8a7f7f
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bc8a8b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8d8876 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aaa075 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fa6476 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b88177 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c59076 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f36b76 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e77477 {
  color: #e77477;
}
Background
.bg-e77477 {
  background-color: #e77477;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e77477 {
  border: 2px solid #e77477;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e77477;
  --color-primary-rgb: 231 116 119;
  --color-primary-hsl: 358 71% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e77477 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e77477, #e7aa74);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e77477 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(231 116 119 / 0.35);
}

#f08080 Light Coral ΔE 3.27 #ff6961 Pastel Red ΔE 6.58 #fa8072 Salmon ΔE 6.73 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 8.01 #cd5c5c Indian Red ΔE 8.28 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 8.44 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 8.46 #188b88 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Light Coral
#e77477  rgb(231, 116, 119)  hsl(358, 71%, 68%)  Light Coral
#74e7e4  rgb(116, 231, 228)  hsl(178, 71%, 68%)  Electric Blue
#77e774  rgb(119, 231, 116)  hsl(118, 71%, 68%)  Pastel Green
#7477e7  rgb(116, 119, 231)  hsl(238, 71%, 68%)  Medium Slate Blue