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#EC7978

#ec7978 ≈ Light Coral

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ec7978 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 47.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 48.73% magenta, 49.15% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 0.52°, with 75.32% saturation and 69.8% 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 1.9.

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Relative luminance0.3286

Complementary

  1. #ec7978
  2. #78ebec

Split complementary

  1. #ec7978
  2. #78ecb3
  3. #78b1ec

Analogous

  1. #ec78b1
  2. #ec7978
  3. #ecb378

Triadic

  1. #ec7978
  2. #78ec79
  3. #7978ec

Tetradic

  1. #ec7978
  2. #ebec78
  3. #78ebec
  4. #7978ec

Square

  1. #ec7978
  2. #b1ec78
  3. #78ebec
  4. #b378ec

Monochromatic

  1. #b21a19
  2. #e33635
  3. #ec7978
  4. #f5bcbb
  5. #fceded

Shades

#ec7978 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ec7978
  2. #d46d6c
  3. #bd6160
  4. #a55554
  5. #8e4948
  6. #763d3c
  7. #5e3030
  8. #472424
  9. #2f1818
  10. #180c0c
  11. #000000

Tints

#ec7978 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ec7978
  2. #ee8686
  3. #f09493
  4. #f2a1a1
  5. #f4afae
  6. #f6bcbc
  7. #f7c9c9
  8. #f9d7d7
  9. #fbe4e4
  10. #fdf2f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ec7978 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ec7978
  2. #e17a79
  3. #d67a7a
  4. #cc7b7a
  5. #c17c7b
  6. #b67d7c
  7. #ab7d7d
  8. #a07e7e
  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 #938d77 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #afa476 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff697a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bd8578 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ca9577 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f86f79 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ec7978 {
  color: #ec7978;
}
Background
.bg-ec7978 {
  background-color: #ec7978;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ec7978 {
  border: 2px solid #ec7978;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ec7978;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 121 120;
  --color-primary-hsl: 1 75% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ec7978 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ec7978, #ecb378);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ec7978 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 121 120 / 0.35);
}

#f08080 Light Coral ΔE 1.90 #fa8072 Salmon ΔE 4.95 #ff6961 Pastel Red ΔE 5.69 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 6.79 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 7.67 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 9.10 #cd5c5c Indian Red ΔE 9.56 #138687 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Light Coral
#ec7978  rgb(236, 121, 120)  hsl(1, 75%, 70%)  Light Coral
#78ebec  rgb(120, 235, 236)  hsl(181, 75%, 70%)  Electric Blue
#78ec79  rgb(120, 236, 121)  hsl(121, 75%, 70%)  Light Green
#7978ec  rgb(121, 120, 236)  hsl(241, 75%, 70%)  Medium Slate Blue