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#EA6972

#ea6972 ≈ Light Coral

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ea6972 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 41.18% green and 44.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 55.13% magenta, 51.28% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 355.81°, with 75.44% saturation and 66.47% 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 6.76:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Light Coral (#f08080), ΔE 5.42.

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Relative luminance0.2881

Complementary

  1. #ea6972
  2. #69eae1

Split complementary

  1. #ea6972
  2. #69eaa0
  3. #69b3ea

Analogous

  1. #ea69b3
  2. #ea6972
  3. #eaa069

Triadic

  1. #ea6972
  2. #72ea69
  3. #6972ea

Tetradic

  1. #ea6972
  2. #eae169
  3. #69eae1
  4. #6972ea

Square

  1. #ea6972
  2. #b3ea69
  3. #69eae1
  4. #a069ea

Monochromatic

  1. #a31721
  2. #e12633
  3. #ea6972
  4. #f3acb1
  5. #fcedee

Shades

#ea6972 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ea6972
  2. #d35f67
  3. #bb545b
  4. #a44a50
  5. #8c3f44
  6. #753539
  7. #5e2a2e
  8. #462022
  9. #2f1517
  10. #170b0b
  11. #000000

Tints

#ea6972 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ea6972
  2. #ec7880
  3. #ee878e
  4. #f0969c
  5. #f2a5aa
  6. #f5b4b9
  7. #f7c3c7
  8. #f9d2d5
  9. #fbe1e3
  10. #fdf0f1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ea6972 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ea6972
  2. #df6b73
  3. #d56e75
  4. #ca7076
  5. #c07278
  6. #b57579
  7. #aa777a
  8. #a0797c
  9. #957b7d
  10. #8b7e7f
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.11:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #929292 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bc8486 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #868272 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a79c6f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fe556d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b77972 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c58b70 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f65e6f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ea6972 {
  color: #ea6972;
}
Background
.bg-ea6972 {
  background-color: #ea6972;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ea6972 {
  border: 2px solid #ea6972;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ea6972;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 105 114;
  --color-primary-hsl: 356 75% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ea6972 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ea6972, #eaa069);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ea6972 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 105 114 / 0.35);
}

#f08080 Light Coral ΔE 5.42 #fe4164 Neon Fuchsia ΔE 6.14 #ff6961 Pastel Red ΔE 6.89 #cd5c5c Indian Red ΔE 7.25 #fa8072 Salmon ΔE 8.44 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 8.80 #de5d83 Blush ΔE 8.81 #15968d Inverted #929292 Grayscale 

Light Coral
#ea6972  rgb(234, 105, 114)  hsl(356, 75%, 66%)  Light Coral
#69eae1  rgb(105, 234, 225)  hsl(176, 75%, 66%)  Bright Turquoise
#72ea69  rgb(114, 234, 105)  hsl(116, 75%, 66%)  Pastel Green
#6972ea  rgb(105, 114, 234)  hsl(236, 75%, 66%)  Medium Slate Blue