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#EC7974

#ec7974 ≈ Light Coral

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ec7974 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 45.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 48.73% magenta, 50.85% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 2.5°, with 75.95% saturation and 69.02% 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 2.65.

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Relative luminance0.3277

Complementary

  1. #ec7974
  2. #74e7ec

Split complementary

  1. #ec7974
  2. #74ecb5
  3. #74abec

Analogous

  1. #ec74ab
  2. #ec7974
  3. #ecb574

Triadic

  1. #ec7974
  2. #74ec79
  3. #7974ec

Tetradic

  1. #ec7974
  2. #e7ec74
  3. #74e7ec
  4. #7974ec

Square

  1. #ec7974
  2. #abec74
  3. #74e7ec
  4. #b574ec

Monochromatic

  1. #af1e18
  2. #e33831
  3. #ec7974
  4. #f5bab7
  5. #fdeeed

Shades

#ec7974 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ec7974
  2. #d46d68
  3. #bd615d
  4. #a55551
  5. #8e4946
  6. #763d3a
  7. #5e302e
  8. #472423
  9. #2f1817
  10. #180c0c
  11. #000000

Tints

#ec7974 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ec7974
  2. #ee8682
  3. #f09490
  4. #f2a19e
  5. #f4afac
  6. #f6bcba
  7. #f7c9c7
  8. #f9d7d5
  9. #fbe4e3
  10. #fdf2f1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ec7974 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ec7974
  2. #e17a75
  3. #d67a76
  4. #cc7b78
  5. #c17c79
  6. #b67d7a
  7. #ab7d7b
  8. #a07e7c
  9. #967f7e
  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 #938c73 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b0a472 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff6878 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bd8573 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cb9573 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f86f77 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ec7974 {
  color: #ec7974;
}
Background
.bg-ec7974 {
  background-color: #ec7974;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ec7974 {
  border: 2px solid #ec7974;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ec7974;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 121 116;
  --color-primary-hsl: 3 76% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ec7974 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ec7974, #ecb574);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ec7974 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 121 116 / 0.35);
}

#f08080 Light Coral ΔE 2.65 #fa8072 Salmon ΔE 3.97 #ff6961 Pastel Red ΔE 4.88 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 5.68 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 6.46 #ff6347 Tomato ΔE 9.40 #e97451 Burnt Sienna ΔE 9.40 #13868b Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Light Coral
#ec7974  rgb(236, 121, 116)  hsl(3, 76%, 69%)  Light Coral
#74e7ec  rgb(116, 231, 236)  hsl(183, 76%, 69%)  Electric Blue
#74ec79  rgb(116, 236, 121)  hsl(123, 76%, 69%)  Pastel Green
#7974ec  rgb(121, 116, 236)  hsl(243, 76%, 69%)  Medium Slate Blue