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#ED798E

#ed798e ≈ Pale Violet Red

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ed798e 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 55.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 48.95% magenta, 40.08% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 349.14°, 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 7.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Violet Red (#db7093), ΔE 5.98.

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Web safe#ff6699
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Relative luminance0.3363

Complementary

  1. #ed798e
  2. #79edd8

Split complementary

  1. #ed798e
  2. #79ed9e
  3. #79c8ed

Analogous

  1. #ed79c8
  2. #ed798e
  3. #ed9e79

Triadic

  1. #ed798e
  2. #8eed79
  3. #798eed

Tetradic

  1. #ed798e
  2. #edd879
  3. #79edd8
  4. #798eed

Square

  1. #ed798e
  2. #c8ed79
  3. #79edd8
  4. #9e79ed

Monochromatic

  1. #b51835
  2. #e43655
  3. #ed798e
  4. #f6bcc7
  5. #fdedf0

Shades

#ed798e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ed798e
  2. #d56d80
  3. #be6172
  4. #a65563
  5. #8e4955
  6. #773d47
  7. #5f3039
  8. #47242b
  9. #2f181c
  10. #180c0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#ed798e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ed798e
  2. #ef8699
  3. #f194a5
  4. #f2a1b0
  5. #f4afbb
  6. #f6bcc7
  7. #f8c9d2
  8. #fad7dd
  9. #fbe4e8
  10. #fdf2f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ed798e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ed798e
  2. #e27a8d
  3. #d77a8b
  4. #cc7b8a
  5. #c17c88
  6. #b77d87
  7. #ac7d86
  8. #a17e84
  9. #967f83
  10. #8b7f81
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c29097 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8f8f8e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aca58c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff6d81 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bc878e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c9968d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f87286 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ed798e {
  color: #ed798e;
}
Background
.bg-ed798e {
  background-color: #ed798e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ed798e {
  border: 2px solid #ed798e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ed798e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 237 121 142;
  --color-primary-hsl: 349 76% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ed798e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ed798e, #ed9e79);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ed798e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(237 121 142 / 0.35);
}

#db7093 Pale Violet Red ΔE 5.98 #ff91a4 Salmon Pink ΔE 6.16 #f08080 Light Coral ΔE 6.43 #fc8eac Flamingo Pink ΔE 6.55 #de5d83 Blush ΔE 7.52 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 7.78 #de6fa1 Thulian Pink ΔE 8.89 #128671 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Pale Violet Red
#ed798e  rgb(237, 121, 142)  hsl(349, 76%, 70%)  Pale Violet Red
#79edd8  rgb(121, 237, 216)  hsl(169, 76%, 70%)  Turquoise
#8eed79  rgb(142, 237, 121)  hsl(109, 76%, 70%)  Light Green
#798eed  rgb(121, 142, 237)  hsl(229, 76%, 70%)  Cornflower Blue