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#EE837E

#ee837e ≈ Light Coral

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ee837e is a color from the red family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 51.37% green and 49.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 44.96% magenta, 47.06% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 2.68°, with 76.71% saturation and 71.37% 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 8.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Coral (#f08080), ΔE 1.61.

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Relative luminance0.3592

Complementary

  1. #ee837e
  2. #7ee9ee

Split complementary

  1. #ee837e
  2. #7eeebb
  3. #7eb1ee

Analogous

  1. #ee7eb1
  2. #ee837e
  3. #eebb7e

Triadic

  1. #ee837e
  2. #7eee83
  3. #837eee

Tetradic

  1. #ee837e
  2. #e9ee7e
  3. #7ee9ee
  4. #837eee

Square

  1. #ee837e
  2. #b1ee7e
  3. #7ee9ee
  4. #bb7eee

Monochromatic

  1. #ba2019
  2. #e5423a
  3. #ee837e
  4. #f7c4c2
  5. #fdeeed

Shades

#ee837e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ee837e
  2. #d67671
  3. #be6965
  4. #a75c58
  5. #8f4f4c
  6. #77423f
  7. #5f3432
  8. #472726
  9. #301a19
  10. #180d0d
  11. #000000

Tints

#ee837e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ee837e
  2. #f08f8b
  3. #f19c98
  4. #f3a8a5
  5. #f5b5b2
  6. #f7c1bf
  7. #f8cdcb
  8. #fadad8
  9. #fce6e5
  10. #fdf3f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ee837e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ee837e
  2. #e3837e
  3. #d8827e
  4. #cd827f
  5. #c2827f
  6. #b7827f
  7. #ac817f
  8. #a1817f
  9. #968180
  10. #8b8080
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c59695 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9b947d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b5aa7c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff7482 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c28e7d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ce9c7d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fa7a81 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ee837e {
  color: #ee837e;
}
Background
.bg-ee837e {
  background-color: #ee837e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ee837e {
  border: 2px solid #ee837e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ee837e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 131 126;
  --color-primary-hsl: 3 77% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ee837e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ee837e, #eebb7e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ee837e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 131 126 / 0.35);
}

#f08080 Light Coral ΔE 1.61 #fa8072 Salmon ΔE 3.85 #ff6961 Pastel Red ΔE 6.59 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 6.97 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 7.89 #ffa089 Vivid Tangerine ΔE 8.89 #ff91a4 Salmon Pink ΔE 9.08 #117c81 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Light Coral
#ee837e  rgb(238, 131, 126)  hsl(3, 77%, 71%)  Light Coral
#7ee9ee  rgb(126, 233, 238)  hsl(183, 77%, 71%)  Electric Blue
#7eee83  rgb(126, 238, 131)  hsl(123, 77%, 71%)  Light Green
#837eee  rgb(131, 126, 238)  hsl(243, 77%, 71%)  Medium Slate Blue