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#EC7969

#ec7969 ≈ Salmon

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ec7969 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 41.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 48.73% magenta, 55.51% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 7.33°, with 77.51% saturation and 66.86% 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 7.51:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Salmon (#fa8072), ΔE 3.03.

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Web safe#ff6666
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Relative luminance0.3253

Complementary

  1. #ec7969
  2. #69dcec

Split complementary

  1. #ec7969
  2. #69ecba
  3. #699aec

Analogous

  1. #ec699a
  2. #ec7969
  3. #ecba69

Triadic

  1. #ec7969
  2. #69ec79
  3. #7969ec

Tetradic

  1. #ec7969
  2. #dcec69
  3. #69dcec
  4. #7969ec

Square

  1. #ec7969
  2. #9aec69
  3. #69dcec
  4. #ba69ec

Monochromatic

  1. #a72715
  2. #e33c25
  3. #ec7969
  4. #f5b6ad
  5. #fdefed

Shades

#ec7969 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ec7969
  2. #d46d5f
  3. #bd6154
  4. #a5554a
  5. #8e493f
  6. #763d35
  7. #5e302a
  8. #472420
  9. #2f1815
  10. #180c0b
  11. #000000

Tints

#ec7969 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ec7969
  2. #ee8678
  3. #f09487
  4. #f2a196
  5. #f4afa5
  6. #f6bcb4
  7. #f7c9c3
  8. #f9d7d2
  9. #fbe4e1
  10. #fdf2f0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ec7969 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ec7969
  2. #e17a6b
  3. #d67a6e
  4. #cc7b70
  5. #c17c72
  6. #b67d75
  7. #ab7d77
  8. #a07e79
  9. #967f7b
  10. #8b7f7e
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c18e89 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #958c67 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b1a467 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff6675 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #be8568 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cb9568 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f96e71 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ec7969 {
  color: #ec7969;
}
Background
.bg-ec7969 {
  background-color: #ec7969;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ec7969 {
  border: 2px solid #ec7969;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ec7969;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 121 105;
  --color-primary-hsl: 7 78% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ec7969 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ec7969, #ecba69);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ec7969 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 121 105 / 0.35);
}

#fa8072 Salmon ΔE 3.03 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 3.49 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 3.58 #ff6961 Pastel Red ΔE 4.37 #f08080 Light Coral ΔE 5.75 #e97451 Burnt Sienna ΔE 5.92 #ff6347 Tomato ΔE 6.62 #138696 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Salmon
#ec7969  rgb(236, 121, 105)  hsl(7, 78%, 67%)  Salmon
#69dcec  rgb(105, 220, 236)  hsl(187, 78%, 67%)  Electric Blue
#69ec79  rgb(105, 236, 121)  hsl(127, 78%, 67%)  Pastel Green
#7969ec  rgb(121, 105, 236)  hsl(247, 78%, 67%)  Medium Slate Blue