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#EC787E

#ec787e ≈ Light Coral

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ec787e is a color from the red family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 47.06% green and 49.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 49.15% magenta, 46.61% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 356.9°, with 75.32% saturation and 69.8% 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 7.55:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Coral (#f08080), ΔE 2.47.

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Relative luminance0.3277

Complementary

  1. #ec787e
  2. #78ece6

Split complementary

  1. #ec787e
  2. #78ecac
  3. #78b8ec

Analogous

  1. #ec78b8
  2. #ec787e
  3. #ecac78

Triadic

  1. #ec787e
  2. #7eec78
  3. #787eec

Tetradic

  1. #ec787e
  2. #ece678
  3. #78ece6
  4. #787eec

Square

  1. #ec787e
  2. #b8ec78
  3. #78ece6
  4. #ac78ec

Monochromatic

  1. #b21921
  2. #e3353e
  3. #ec787e
  4. #f5bbbe
  5. #fcedee

Shades

#ec787e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ec787e
  2. #d46c71
  3. #bd6065
  4. #a55458
  5. #8e484c
  6. #763c3f
  7. #5e3032
  8. #472426
  9. #2f1819
  10. #180c0d
  11. #000000

Tints

#ec787e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ec787e
  2. #ee868b
  3. #f09398
  4. #f2a1a5
  5. #f4aeb2
  6. #f6bcbf
  7. #f7c9cb
  8. #f9d7d8
  9. #fbe4e5
  10. #fdf2f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ec787e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ec787e
  2. #e1797e
  3. #d67a7e
  4. #cc7a7f
  5. #c17b7f
  6. #b67c7f
  7. #ab7d7f
  8. #a07e7f
  9. #967e80
  10. #8b7f80
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c18e90 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #918d7e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aea47c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff697b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bc857e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ca947d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f86f7c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ec787e {
  color: #ec787e;
}
Background
.bg-ec787e {
  background-color: #ec787e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ec787e {
  border: 2px solid #ec787e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ec787e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 120 126;
  --color-primary-hsl: 357 75% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ec787e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ec787e, #ecac78);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ec787e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 120 126 / 0.35);
}

#f08080 Light Coral ΔE 2.47 #fa8072 Salmon ΔE 6.92 #ff6961 Pastel Red ΔE 7.33 #ff91a4 Salmon Pink ΔE 8.34 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 8.77 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 8.78 #fe4164 Neon Fuchsia ΔE 9.06 #138781 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Light Coral
#ec787e  rgb(236, 120, 126)  hsl(357, 75%, 70%)  Light Coral
#78ece6  rgb(120, 236, 230)  hsl(177, 75%, 70%)  Electric Blue
#7eec78  rgb(126, 236, 120)  hsl(117, 75%, 70%)  Light Green
#787eec  rgb(120, 126, 236)  hsl(237, 75%, 70%)  Medium Slate Blue