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#EC7973

#ec7973 ≈ Light Coral

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ec7973 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 45.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 48.73% magenta, 51.27% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 2.98°, with 76.1% saturation and 68.82% 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 7.55:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Coral (#f08080), ΔE 2.9.

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Web safe#ff6666
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Relative luminance0.3275

Complementary

  1. #ec7973
  2. #73e6ec

Split complementary

  1. #ec7973
  2. #73ecb6
  3. #73a9ec

Analogous

  1. #ec73a9
  2. #ec7973
  3. #ecb673

Triadic

  1. #ec7973
  2. #73ec79
  3. #7973ec

Tetradic

  1. #ec7973
  2. #e6ec73
  3. #73e6ec
  4. #7973ec

Square

  1. #ec7973
  2. #a9ec73
  3. #73e6ec
  4. #b673ec

Monochromatic

  1. #ae1f18
  2. #e33930
  3. #ec7973
  4. #f5b9b6
  5. #fdeeed

Shades

#ec7973 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ec7973
  2. #d46d68
  3. #bd615c
  4. #a55551
  5. #8e4945
  6. #763d3a
  7. #5e302e
  8. #472423
  9. #2f1817
  10. #180c0c
  11. #000000

Tints

#ec7973 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ec7973
  2. #ee8681
  3. #f0948f
  4. #f2a19d
  5. #f4afab
  6. #f6bcb9
  7. #f7c9c7
  8. #f9d7d5
  9. #fbe4e3
  10. #fdf2f1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ec7973 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ec7973
  2. #e17a74
  3. #d67a76
  4. #cc7b77
  5. #c17c78
  6. #b67d7a
  7. #ab7d7b
  8. #a07e7c
  9. #967f7d
  10. #8b7f7f
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c18f8d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #938c72 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b0a471 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff6878 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bd8572 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cb9572 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f86f76 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ec7973 {
  color: #ec7973;
}
Background
.bg-ec7973 {
  background-color: #ec7973;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ec7973 {
  border: 2px solid #ec7973;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ec7973;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 121 115;
  --color-primary-hsl: 3 76% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ec7973 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ec7973, #ecb673);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ec7973 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 121 115 / 0.35);
}

#f08080 Light Coral ΔE 2.90 #fa8072 Salmon ΔE 3.76 #ff6961 Pastel Red ΔE 4.72 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 5.42 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 6.16 #e97451 Burnt Sienna ΔE 9.08 #ff6347 Tomato ΔE 9.12 #13868c Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Light Coral
#ec7973  rgb(236, 121, 115)  hsl(3, 76%, 69%)  Light Coral
#73e6ec  rgb(115, 230, 236)  hsl(183, 76%, 69%)  Electric Blue
#73ec79  rgb(115, 236, 121)  hsl(123, 76%, 69%)  Pastel Green
#7973ec  rgb(121, 115, 236)  hsl(243, 76%, 69%)  Medium Slate Blue