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#EC99A6

#ec99a6 ≈ Salmon Pink

  • pink
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ec99a6 is a color from the pink family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 60% green and 65.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 35.17% magenta, 29.66% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 350.6°, with 68.6% saturation and 76.27% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.67:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Salmon Pink (#ff91a4), ΔE 4.01.

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Web safe#ff9999
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Relative luminance0.4337

Complementary

  1. #ec99a6
  2. #99ecdf

Split complementary

  1. #ec99a6
  2. #99ecb5
  3. #99cfec

Analogous

  1. #ec99cf
  2. #ec99a6
  3. #ecb599

Triadic

  1. #ec99a6
  2. #a6ec99
  3. #99a6ec

Tetradic

  1. #ec99a6
  2. #ecdf99
  3. #99ecdf
  4. #99a6ec

Square

  1. #ec99a6
  2. #cfec99
  3. #99ecdf
  4. #b599ec

Monochromatic

  1. #c7253e
  2. #e0586e
  3. #ec99a6
  4. #f8d9de
  5. #fceef0

Shades

#ec99a6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ec99a6
  2. #d48a95
  3. #bd7a85
  4. #a56b74
  5. #8e5c64
  6. #764d53
  7. #5e3d42
  8. #472e32
  9. #2f1f21
  10. #180f11
  11. #000000

Tints

#ec99a6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ec99a6
  2. #eea3af
  3. #f0adb8
  4. #f2b8c1
  5. #f4c2ca
  6. #f6ccd3
  7. #f7d6db
  8. #f9e0e4
  9. #fbebed
  10. #fdf5f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ec99a6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ec99a6
  2. #e197a2
  3. #d6949e
  4. #cc929b
  5. #c18f97
  6. #b68d93
  7. #ab8a8f
  8. #a0888b
  9. #968588
  10. #8b8384
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.17:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cba7ac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a7a7a6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bbb6a4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fb929e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c6a1a6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d0aba5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f595a1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ec99a6 {
  color: #ec99a6;
}
Background
.bg-ec99a6 {
  background-color: #ec99a6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ec99a6 {
  border: 2px solid #ec99a6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ec99a6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 153 166;
  --color-primary-hsl: 351 69% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ec99a6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ec99a6, #ecb599);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ec99a6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 153 166 / 0.35);
}

#ff91a4 Salmon Pink ΔE 4.01 #fc8eac Flamingo Pink ΔE 5.10 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 6.42 #f6adc6 Nadeshiko Pink ΔE 6.88 #ffb6c1 Light Pink ΔE 6.97 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 7.02 #ffb7c5 Cherry Blossom Pink ΔE 7.33 #136659 Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Salmon Pink
#ec99a6  rgb(236, 153, 166)  hsl(351, 69%, 76%)  Salmon Pink
#99ecdf  rgb(153, 236, 223)  hsl(171, 69%, 76%)  Pale Turquoise
#a6ec99  rgb(166, 236, 153)  hsl(111, 69%, 76%)  Granny Smith Apple
#99a6ec  rgb(153, 166, 236)  hsl(231, 69%, 76%)  Wild Blue Yonder