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#EC7968

#ec7968 ≈ Salmon

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ec7968 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 47.45% green and 40.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 48.73% magenta, 55.93% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 7.73°, with 77.65% saturation and 66.67% 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 7.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Salmon (#fa8072), ΔE 3.13.

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Web safe#ff6666
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Relative luminance0.3251

Complementary

  1. #ec7968
  2. #68dbec

Split complementary

  1. #ec7968
  2. #68ecbb
  3. #6899ec

Analogous

  1. #ec6899
  2. #ec7968
  3. #ecbb68

Triadic

  1. #ec7968
  2. #68ec79
  3. #7968ec

Tetradic

  1. #ec7968
  2. #dbec68
  3. #68dbec
  4. #7968ec

Square

  1. #ec7968
  2. #99ec68
  3. #68dbec
  4. #bb68ec

Monochromatic

  1. #a62815
  2. #e33d24
  3. #ec7968
  4. #f5b5ac
  5. #fdefed

Shades

#ec7968 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ec7968
  2. #d46d5e
  3. #bd6153
  4. #a55549
  5. #8e493e
  6. #763d34
  7. #5e302a
  8. #47241f
  9. #2f1815
  10. #180c0a
  11. #000000

Tints

#ec7968 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ec7968
  2. #ee8677
  3. #f09486
  4. #f2a195
  5. #f4afa4
  6. #f6bcb4
  7. #f7c9c3
  8. #f9d7d2
  9. #fbe4e1
  10. #fdf2f0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ec7968 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ec7968
  2. #e17a6a
  3. #d67a6d
  4. #cc7b6f
  5. #c17c72
  6. #b67d74
  7. #ab7d76
  8. #a07e79
  9. #967f7b
  10. #8b7f7e
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c18e89 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #958b66 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b1a466 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff6675 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #be8467 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cb9567 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f96e70 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ec7968 {
  color: #ec7968;
}
Background
.bg-ec7968 {
  background-color: #ec7968;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ec7968 {
  border: 2px solid #ec7968;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ec7968;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 121 104;
  --color-primary-hsl: 8 78% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ec7968 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ec7968, #ecbb68);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ec7968 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 121 104 / 0.35);
}

#fa8072 Salmon ΔE 3.13 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 3.28 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 3.52 #ff6961 Pastel Red ΔE 4.47 #e97451 Burnt Sienna ΔE 5.61 #f08080 Light Coral ΔE 6.05 #ff6347 Tomato ΔE 6.42 #138697 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Salmon
#ec7968  rgb(236, 121, 104)  hsl(8, 78%, 67%)  Salmon
#68dbec  rgb(104, 219, 236)  hsl(188, 78%, 67%)  Non-Photo Blue
#68ec79  rgb(104, 236, 121)  hsl(128, 78%, 67%)  Pastel Green
#7968ec  rgb(121, 104, 236)  hsl(248, 78%, 67%)  Medium Slate Blue