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#ED797E

#ed797e ≈ Light Coral

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ed797e is a color from the red family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.94% red, 47.45% green and 49.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 48.95% magenta, 46.84% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 357.41°, with 76.32% saturation and 70.2% 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 7.64:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Coral (#f08080), ΔE 2.08.

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Relative luminance0.3319

Complementary

  1. #ed797e
  2. #79ede8

Split complementary

  1. #ed797e
  2. #79edae
  3. #79b8ed

Analogous

  1. #ed79b8
  2. #ed797e
  3. #edae79

Triadic

  1. #ed797e
  2. #7eed79
  3. #797eed

Tetradic

  1. #ed797e
  2. #ede879
  3. #79ede8
  4. #797eed

Square

  1. #ed797e
  2. #b8ed79
  3. #79ede8
  4. #ae79ed

Monochromatic

  1. #b5181f
  2. #e4363d
  3. #ed797e
  4. #f6bcbf
  5. #fdedee

Shades

#ed797e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ed797e
  2. #d56d71
  3. #be6165
  4. #a65558
  5. #8e494c
  6. #773d3f
  7. #5f3032
  8. #472426
  9. #2f1819
  10. #180c0d
  11. #000000

Tints

#ed797e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ed797e
  2. #ef868b
  3. #f19498
  4. #f2a1a5
  5. #f4afb2
  6. #f6bcbf
  7. #f8c9cb
  8. #fad7d8
  9. #fbe4e5
  10. #fdf2f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ed797e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ed797e
  2. #e27a7e
  3. #d77a7e
  4. #cc7b7f
  5. #c17c7f
  6. #b77d7f
  7. #ac7d7f
  8. #a17e7f
  9. #967f80
  10. #8b7f80
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.64:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c28f91 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #928d7e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #afa57c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff697b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bd867e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cb957d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f9707c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ed797e {
  color: #ed797e;
}
Background
.bg-ed797e {
  background-color: #ed797e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ed797e {
  border: 2px solid #ed797e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ed797e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 237 121 126;
  --color-primary-hsl: 357 76% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ed797e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ed797e, #edae79);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ed797e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(237 121 126 / 0.35);
}

#f08080 Light Coral ΔE 2.08 #fa8072 Salmon ΔE 6.54 #ff6961 Pastel Red ΔE 7.11 #ff91a4 Salmon Pink ΔE 8.30 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 8.49 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 8.91 #fe4164 Neon Fuchsia ΔE 9.26 #128681 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Light Coral
#ed797e  rgb(237, 121, 126)  hsl(357, 76%, 70%)  Light Coral
#79ede8  rgb(121, 237, 232)  hsl(177, 76%, 70%)  Electric Blue
#7eed79  rgb(126, 237, 121)  hsl(117, 76%, 70%)  Light Green
#797eed  rgb(121, 126, 237)  hsl(237, 76%, 70%)  Medium Slate Blue