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#EC7976

#ec7976 ≈ Light Coral

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ec7976 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 46.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 48.73% magenta, 50% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 1.53°, with 75.64% saturation and 69.41% 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 7.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Coral (#f08080), ΔE 2.21.

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Relative luminance0.3282

Complementary

  1. #ec7976
  2. #76e9ec

Split complementary

  1. #ec7976
  2. #76ecb4
  3. #76aeec

Analogous

  1. #ec76ae
  2. #ec7976
  3. #ecb476

Triadic

  1. #ec7976
  2. #76ec79
  3. #7976ec

Tetradic

  1. #ec7976
  2. #e9ec76
  3. #76e9ec
  4. #7976ec

Square

  1. #ec7976
  2. #aeec76
  3. #76e9ec
  4. #b476ec

Monochromatic

  1. #b11c18
  2. #e33733
  3. #ec7976
  4. #f5bbb9
  5. #fdeded

Shades

#ec7976 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ec7976
  2. #d46d6a
  3. #bd615e
  4. #a55553
  5. #8e4947
  6. #763d3b
  7. #5e302f
  8. #472423
  9. #2f1818
  10. #180c0c
  11. #000000

Tints

#ec7976 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ec7976
  2. #ee8684
  3. #f09491
  4. #f2a19f
  5. #f4afad
  6. #f6bcbb
  7. #f7c9c8
  8. #f9d7d6
  9. #fbe4e4
  10. #fdf2f1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ec7976 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ec7976
  2. #e17a77
  3. #d67a78
  4. #cc7b79
  5. #c17c7a
  6. #b67d7b
  7. #ab7d7c
  8. #a07e7d
  9. #967f7e
  10. #8b7f7f
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c18f8e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #938d75 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #afa474 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff6879 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bd8575 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cb9575 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f86f78 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ec7976 {
  color: #ec7976;
}
Background
.bg-ec7976 {
  background-color: #ec7976;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ec7976 {
  border: 2px solid #ec7976;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ec7976;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 121 118;
  --color-primary-hsl: 2 76% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ec7976 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ec7976, #ecb476);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ec7976 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 121 118 / 0.35);
}

#f08080 Light Coral ΔE 2.21 #fa8072 Salmon ΔE 4.44 #ff6961 Pastel Red ΔE 5.26 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 6.22 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 7.06 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 9.29 #cd5c5c Indian Red ΔE 9.52 #138689 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Light Coral
#ec7976  rgb(236, 121, 118)  hsl(2, 76%, 69%)  Light Coral
#76e9ec  rgb(118, 233, 236)  hsl(182, 76%, 69%)  Electric Blue
#76ec79  rgb(118, 236, 121)  hsl(122, 76%, 69%)  Light Green
#7976ec  rgb(121, 118, 236)  hsl(242, 76%, 69%)  Medium Slate Blue