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#EC7469

#ec7469 ≈ Pastel Red

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ec7469 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 45.49% green and 41.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 50.85% magenta, 55.51% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 5.04°, with 77.51% saturation and 66.86% 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 7.27:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Red (#ff6961), ΔE 3.54.

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Relative luminance0.3134

Complementary

  1. #ec7469
  2. #69e1ec

Split complementary

  1. #ec7469
  2. #69ecb5
  3. #699fec

Analogous

  1. #ec699f
  2. #ec7469
  3. #ecb569

Triadic

  1. #ec7469
  2. #69ec74
  3. #7469ec

Tetradic

  1. #ec7469
  2. #e1ec69
  3. #69e1ec
  4. #7469ec

Square

  1. #ec7469
  2. #9fec69
  3. #69e1ec
  4. #b569ec

Monochromatic

  1. #a72115
  2. #e33525
  3. #ec7469
  4. #f5b3ad
  5. #fdeeed

Shades

#ec7469 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ec7469
  2. #d4685f
  3. #bd5d54
  4. #a5514a
  5. #8e463f
  6. #763a35
  7. #5e2e2a
  8. #472320
  9. #2f1715
  10. #180c0b
  11. #000000

Tints

#ec7469 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ec7469
  2. #ee8278
  3. #f09087
  4. #f29e96
  5. #f4aca5
  6. #f6bab4
  7. #f7c7c3
  8. #f9d5d2
  9. #fbe3e1
  10. #fdf1f0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ec7469 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ec7469
  2. #e1756b
  3. #d6766e
  4. #cc7870
  5. #c17972
  6. #b67a75
  7. #ab7b77
  8. #a07c79
  9. #967e7b
  10. #8b7f7e
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bf8b88 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #918867 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #afa267 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff6072 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bc8168 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ca9268 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f9696e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ec7469 {
  color: #ec7469;
}
Background
.bg-ec7469 {
  background-color: #ec7469;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ec7469 {
  border: 2px solid #ec7469;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ec7469;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 116 105;
  --color-primary-hsl: 5 78% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ec7469 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ec7469, #ecb569);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ec7469 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 116 105 / 0.35);
}

#ff6961 Pastel Red ΔE 3.54 #fa8072 Salmon ΔE 3.73 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 3.80 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 4.23 #f08080 Light Coral ΔE 5.06 #ff6347 Tomato ΔE 7.09 #e97451 Burnt Sienna ΔE 7.19 #138b96 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Pastel Red
#ec7469  rgb(236, 116, 105)  hsl(5, 78%, 67%)  Pastel Red
#69e1ec  rgb(105, 225, 236)  hsl(185, 78%, 67%)  Electric Blue
#69ec74  rgb(105, 236, 116)  hsl(125, 78%, 67%)  Pastel Green
#7469ec  rgb(116, 105, 236)  hsl(245, 78%, 67%)  Medium Slate Blue