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#EC797C

#ec797c ≈ Light Coral

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ec797c is a color from the red family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 47.45% green and 48.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 48.73% magenta, 47.46% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 358.43°, with 75.16% saturation and 70% 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 7.59:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Coral (#f08080), ΔE 1.87.

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Web safe#ff6666
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Relative luminance0.3296

Complementary

  1. #ec797c
  2. #79ece9

Split complementary

  1. #ec797c
  2. #79ecaf
  3. #79b6ec

Analogous

  1. #ec79b6
  2. #ec797c
  3. #ecaf79

Triadic

  1. #ec797c
  2. #7cec79
  3. #797cec

Tetradic

  1. #ec797c
  2. #ece979
  3. #79ece9
  4. #797cec

Square

  1. #ec797c
  2. #b6ec79
  3. #79ece9
  4. #af79ec

Monochromatic

  1. #b3191d
  2. #e2363b
  3. #ec797c
  4. #f5bcbe
  5. #fcedee

Shades

#ec797c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ec797c
  2. #d46d70
  3. #bd6163
  4. #a55557
  5. #8e494a
  6. #763d3e
  7. #5e3032
  8. #472425
  9. #2f1819
  10. #180c0c
  11. #000000

Tints

#ec797c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ec797c
  2. #ee8689
  3. #f09496
  4. #f2a1a3
  5. #f4afb0
  6. #f6bcbe
  7. #f7c9cb
  8. #f9d7d8
  9. #fbe4e5
  10. #fdf2f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ec797c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ec797c
  2. #e17a7c
  3. #d67a7d
  4. #cc7b7d
  5. #c17c7e
  6. #b67d7e
  7. #ab7d7e
  8. #a07e7f
  9. #967f7f
  10. #8b7f80
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c18f90 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #928d7b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #afa47a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff697b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bd857c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ca957b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8707b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ec797c {
  color: #ec797c;
}
Background
.bg-ec797c {
  background-color: #ec797c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ec797c {
  border: 2px solid #ec797c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ec797c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 121 124;
  --color-primary-hsl: 358 75% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ec797c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ec797c, #ecaf79);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ec797c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 121 124 / 0.35);
}

#f08080 Light Coral ΔE 1.87 #fa8072 Salmon ΔE 6.06 #ff6961 Pastel Red ΔE 6.67 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 7.97 #ff91a4 Salmon Pink ΔE 8.77 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 8.83 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 8.91 #138683 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Light Coral
#ec797c  rgb(236, 121, 124)  hsl(358, 75%, 70%)  Light Coral
#79ece9  rgb(121, 236, 233)  hsl(178, 75%, 70%)  Electric Blue
#7cec79  rgb(124, 236, 121)  hsl(118, 75%, 70%)  Light Green
#797cec  rgb(121, 124, 236)  hsl(238, 75%, 70%)  Medium Slate Blue