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#EC7977

#ec7977 ≈ Light Coral

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ec7977 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 46.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 48.73% magenta, 49.58% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 1.03°, with 75.48% saturation and 69.61% 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 7.57:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Coral (#f08080), ΔE 2.04.

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Relative luminance0.3284

Complementary

  1. #ec7977
  2. #77eaec

Split complementary

  1. #ec7977
  2. #77ecb4
  3. #77afec

Analogous

  1. #ec77af
  2. #ec7977
  3. #ecb477

Triadic

  1. #ec7977
  2. #77ec79
  3. #7977ec

Tetradic

  1. #ec7977
  2. #eaec77
  3. #77eaec
  4. #7977ec

Square

  1. #ec7977
  2. #afec77
  3. #77eaec
  4. #b477ec

Monochromatic

  1. #b11b19
  2. #e33734
  3. #ec7977
  4. #f5bbba
  5. #fceded

Shades

#ec7977 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ec7977
  2. #d46d6b
  3. #bd615f
  4. #a55553
  5. #8e4947
  6. #763d3c
  7. #5e3030
  8. #472424
  9. #2f1818
  10. #180c0c
  11. #000000

Tints

#ec7977 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ec7977
  2. #ee8685
  3. #f09492
  4. #f2a1a0
  5. #f4afad
  6. #f6bcbb
  7. #f7c9c9
  8. #f9d7d6
  9. #fbe4e4
  10. #fdf2f1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ec7977 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ec7977
  2. #e17a78
  3. #d67a79
  4. #cc7b7a
  5. #c17c7b
  6. #b67d7c
  7. #ab7d7c
  8. #a07e7d
  9. #967f7e
  10. #8b7f7f
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c18f8e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #938d76 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #afa475 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff6879 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bd8576 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ca9576 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f86f78 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ec7977 {
  color: #ec7977;
}
Background
.bg-ec7977 {
  background-color: #ec7977;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ec7977 {
  border: 2px solid #ec7977;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ec7977;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 121 119;
  --color-primary-hsl: 1 75% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ec7977 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ec7977, #ecb477);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ec7977 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 121 119 / 0.35);
}

#f08080 Light Coral ΔE 2.04 #fa8072 Salmon ΔE 4.69 #ff6961 Pastel Red ΔE 5.46 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 6.50 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 7.36 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 9.19 #cd5c5c Indian Red ΔE 9.54 #138688 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Light Coral
#ec7977  rgb(236, 121, 119)  hsl(1, 75%, 70%)  Light Coral
#77eaec  rgb(119, 234, 236)  hsl(181, 75%, 70%)  Electric Blue
#77ec79  rgb(119, 236, 121)  hsl(121, 75%, 70%)  Light Green
#7977ec  rgb(121, 119, 236)  hsl(241, 75%, 70%)  Medium Slate Blue