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#EC7970

#ec7970 ≈ Salmon

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ec7970 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 47.45% green and 43.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 48.73% magenta, 52.54% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 4.35°, with 76.54% saturation and 68.24% 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 7.54:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Salmon (#fa8072), ΔE 3.23.

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Web safe#ff6666
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Relative luminance0.3268

Complementary

  1. #ec7970
  2. #70e3ec

Split complementary

  1. #ec7970
  2. #70ecb7
  3. #70a5ec

Analogous

  1. #ec70a5
  2. #ec7970
  3. #ecb770

Triadic

  1. #ec7970
  2. #70ec79
  3. #7970ec

Tetradic

  1. #ec7970
  2. #e3ec70
  3. #70e3ec
  4. #7970ec

Square

  1. #ec7970
  2. #a5ec70
  3. #70e3ec
  4. #b770ec

Monochromatic

  1. #ac2217
  2. #e33a2c
  3. #ec7970
  4. #f5b8b4
  5. #fdeeed

Shades

#ec7970 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ec7970
  2. #d46d65
  3. #bd615a
  4. #a5554e
  5. #8e4943
  6. #763d38
  7. #5e302d
  8. #472422
  9. #2f1816
  10. #180c0b
  11. #000000

Tints

#ec7970 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ec7970
  2. #ee867e
  3. #f0948d
  4. #f2a19b
  5. #f4afa9
  6. #f6bcb8
  7. #f7c9c6
  8. #f9d7d4
  9. #fbe4e2
  10. #fdf2f1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ec7970 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ec7970
  2. #e17a72
  3. #d67a73
  4. #cc7b75
  5. #c17c76
  6. #b67d78
  7. #ab7d7a
  8. #a07e7b
  9. #967f7d
  10. #8b7f7e
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c18e8c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #948c6f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b0a46e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff6777 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #be856f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cb956f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f86f74 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ec7970 {
  color: #ec7970;
}
Background
.bg-ec7970 {
  background-color: #ec7970;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ec7970 {
  border: 2px solid #ec7970;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ec7970;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 121 112;
  --color-primary-hsl: 4 77% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ec7970 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ec7970, #ecb770);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ec7970 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 121 112 / 0.35);
}

#fa8072 Salmon ΔE 3.23 #f08080 Light Coral ΔE 3.71 #ff6961 Pastel Red ΔE 4.35 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 4.69 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 5.29 #e97451 Burnt Sienna ΔE 8.12 #ff6347 Tomato ΔE 8.30 #13868f Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Salmon
#ec7970  rgb(236, 121, 112)  hsl(4, 77%, 68%)  Salmon
#70e3ec  rgb(112, 227, 236)  hsl(184, 77%, 68%)  Electric Blue
#70ec79  rgb(112, 236, 121)  hsl(124, 77%, 68%)  Pastel Green
#7970ec  rgb(121, 112, 236)  hsl(244, 77%, 68%)  Medium Slate Blue