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#E87477

#e87477 ≈ Light Coral

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e87477 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.98% red, 45.49% green and 46.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 50% magenta, 48.71% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 358.45°, with 71.6% saturation and 68.24% 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 7.2:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Coral (#f08080), ΔE 3.17.

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Web safe#ff6666
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Relative luminance0.3098

Complementary

  1. #e87477
  2. #74e8e5

Split complementary

  1. #e87477
  2. #74e8ab
  3. #74b1e8

Analogous

  1. #e874b1
  2. #e87477
  3. #e8ab74

Triadic

  1. #e87477
  2. #77e874
  3. #7477e8

Tetradic

  1. #e87477
  2. #e8e574
  3. #74e8e5
  4. #7477e8

Square

  1. #e87477
  2. #b1e874
  3. #74e8e5
  4. #ab74e8

Monochromatic

  1. #a71c1f
  2. #dd3237
  3. #e87477
  4. #f3b6b7
  5. #fcedee

Shades

#e87477 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e87477
  2. #d1686b
  3. #ba5d5f
  4. #a25153
  5. #8b4647
  6. #743a3c
  7. #5d2e30
  8. #462324
  9. #2e1718
  10. #170c0c
  11. #000000

Tints

#e87477 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e87477
  2. #ea8285
  3. #ed9092
  4. #ef9ea0
  5. #f1acad
  6. #f4babb
  7. #f6c7c9
  8. #f8d5d6
  9. #fae3e4
  10. #fdf1f1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e87477 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e87477
  2. #de7578
  3. #d37679
  4. #c9787a
  5. #be797b
  6. #b47a7c
  7. #aa7b7c
  8. #9f7c7d
  9. #957e7e
  10. #8a7f7f
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.92:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bd8a8b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8e8876 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aba075 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fb6476 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b98177 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c69176 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f46b76 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e87477 {
  color: #e87477;
}
Background
.bg-e87477 {
  background-color: #e87477;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e87477 {
  border: 2px solid #e87477;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e87477;
  --color-primary-rgb: 232 116 119;
  --color-primary-hsl: 358 72% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e87477 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e87477, #e8ab74);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e87477 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(232 116 119 / 0.35);
}

#f08080 Light Coral ΔE 3.17 #ff6961 Pastel Red ΔE 6.45 #fa8072 Salmon ΔE 6.61 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 7.89 #cd5c5c Indian Red ΔE 8.39 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 8.43 #fe4164 Neon Fuchsia ΔE 8.48 #178b88 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Light Coral
#e87477  rgb(232, 116, 119)  hsl(358, 72%, 68%)  Light Coral
#74e8e5  rgb(116, 232, 229)  hsl(178, 72%, 68%)  Electric Blue
#77e874  rgb(119, 232, 116)  hsl(118, 72%, 68%)  Pastel Green
#7477e8  rgb(116, 119, 232)  hsl(238, 72%, 68%)  Medium Slate Blue