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#EC705E

#ec705e ≈ Terra Cotta

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ec705e is a color from the red family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 43.92% green and 36.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 52.54% magenta, 60.17% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 7.61°, with 78.89% saturation and 64.71% 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 7.05:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Terra Cotta (#e2725b), ΔE 2.34.

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Relative luminance0.3023

Complementary

  1. #ec705e
  2. #5edaec

Split complementary

  1. #ec705e
  2. #5eecb7
  3. #5e93ec

Analogous

  1. #ec5e93
  2. #ec705e
  3. #ecb75e

Triadic

  1. #ec705e
  2. #5eec70
  3. #705eec

Tetradic

  1. #ec705e
  2. #daec5e
  3. #5edaec
  4. #705eec

Square

  1. #ec705e
  2. #93ec5e
  3. #5edaec
  4. #b75eec

Monochromatic

  1. #9e2413
  2. #e3341b
  3. #ec705e
  4. #f4ada2
  5. #fceae7

Shades

#ec705e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ec705e
  2. #d46555
  3. #bd5a4b
  4. #a54e42
  5. #8e4338
  6. #76382f
  7. #5e2d26
  8. #47221c
  9. #2f1613
  10. #180b09
  11. #000000

Tints

#ec705e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ec705e
  2. #ee7e6e
  3. #f08d7e
  4. #f29b8e
  5. #f4a99e
  6. #f6b8af
  7. #f7c6bf
  8. #f9d4cf
  9. #fbe2df
  10. #fdf1ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ec705e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ec705e
  2. #e17261
  3. #d67365
  4. #cc7568
  5. #c1766c
  6. #b6786f
  7. #ab7a72
  8. #a07b76
  9. #967d79
  10. #8b7e7d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #be8883 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8f855c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aea05b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff5a6c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bc7d5d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ca8f5c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f96367 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ec705e {
  color: #ec705e;
}
Background
.bg-ec705e {
  background-color: #ec705e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ec705e {
  border: 2px solid #ec705e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ec705e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 112 94;
  --color-primary-hsl: 8 79% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ec705e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ec705e, #ecb75e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ec705e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 112 94 / 0.35);
}

#e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 2.34 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 3.01 #ff6961 Pastel Red ΔE 3.89 #fa8072 Salmon ΔE 4.79 #ff6347 Tomato ΔE 4.95 #e97451 Burnt Sienna ΔE 4.98 #f08080 Light Coral ΔE 7.51 #138fa1 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Terra Cotta
#ec705e  rgb(236, 112, 94)  hsl(8, 79%, 65%)  Terra Cotta
#5edaec  rgb(94, 218, 236)  hsl(188, 79%, 65%)  Dark Turquoise
#5eec70  rgb(94, 236, 112)  hsl(128, 79%, 65%)  Pastel Green
#705eec  rgb(112, 94, 236)  hsl(248, 79%, 65%)  Medium Slate Blue