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#EC8490

#ec8490 ≈ Light Coral

  • pink
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ec8490 is a color from the pink family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 51.76% green and 56.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 44.07% magenta, 38.98% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 353.08°, with 73.24% saturation and 72.16% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with tenderness, care and sweetness. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, weddings and celebrations and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.27:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Coral (#f08080), ΔE 4.59.

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Relative luminance0.3635

Complementary

  1. #ec8490
  2. #84ece0

Split complementary

  1. #ec8490
  2. #84ecac
  3. #84c4ec

Analogous

  1. #ec84c4
  2. #ec8490
  3. #ecac84

Triadic

  1. #ec8490
  2. #90ec84
  3. #8490ec

Tetradic

  1. #ec8490
  2. #ece084
  3. #84ece0
  4. #8490ec

Square

  1. #ec8490
  2. #c4ec84
  3. #84ece0
  4. #ac84ec

Monochromatic

  1. #ba1d2f
  2. #e24254
  3. #ec8490
  4. #f6c6cc
  5. #fcedef

Shades

#ec8490 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ec8490
  2. #d47782
  3. #bd6a73
  4. #a55c65
  5. #8e4f56
  6. #764248
  7. #5e353a
  8. #47282b
  9. #2f1a1d
  10. #180d0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#ec8490 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ec8490
  2. #ee909b
  3. #f09da6
  4. #f2a9b1
  5. #f4b5bc
  6. #f6c2c8
  7. #f7ced3
  8. #f9dade
  9. #fbe6e9
  10. #fdf3f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ec8490 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ec8490
  2. #e1848e
  3. #d6838d
  4. #cc838b
  5. #c1828a
  6. #b68288
  7. #ab8286
  8. #a08185
  9. #968183
  10. #8b8082
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.54:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c4979b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #989690 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b2aa8e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fd7989 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bf8f90 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cc9c8f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f77d8c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ec8490 {
  color: #ec8490;
}
Background
.bg-ec8490 {
  background-color: #ec8490;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ec8490 {
  border: 2px solid #ec8490;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ec8490;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 132 144;
  --color-primary-hsl: 353 73% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ec8490 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ec8490, #ecac84);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ec8490 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 132 144 / 0.35);
}

#f08080 Light Coral ΔE 4.59 #ff91a4 Salmon Pink ΔE 4.80 #fc8eac Flamingo Pink ΔE 6.43 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 7.45 #db7093 Pale Violet Red ΔE 8.33 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 8.69 #fa8072 Salmon ΔE 9.45 #137b6f Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Light Coral
#ec8490  rgb(236, 132, 144)  hsl(353, 73%, 72%)  Light Coral
#84ece0  rgb(132, 236, 224)  hsl(173, 73%, 72%)  Turquoise
#90ec84  rgb(144, 236, 132)  hsl(113, 73%, 72%)  Light Green
#8490ec  rgb(132, 144, 236)  hsl(233, 73%, 72%)  Cornflower Blue