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#EC7979

#ec7979 ≈ Light Coral

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ec7979 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 47.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 48.73% magenta, 48.73% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 0°, with 75.16% saturation and 70% 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 7.58:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Coral (#f08080), ΔE 1.81.

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Relative luminance0.3289

Complementary

  1. #ec7979
  2. #79ecec

Split complementary

  1. #ec7979
  2. #79ecb3
  3. #79b2ec

Analogous

  1. #ec79b3
  2. #ec7979
  3. #ecb379

Triadic

  1. #ec7979
  2. #79ec79
  3. #7979ec

Tetradic

  1. #ec7979
  2. #ecec79
  3. #79ecec
  4. #7979ec

Square

  1. #ec7979
  2. #b3ec79
  3. #79ecec
  4. #b279ec

Monochromatic

  1. #b31919
  2. #e23636
  3. #ec7979
  4. #f5bcbc
  5. #fceded

Shades

#ec7979 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ec7979
  2. #d46d6d
  3. #bd6161
  4. #a55555
  5. #8e4949
  6. #763d3d
  7. #5e3030
  8. #472424
  9. #2f1818
  10. #180c0c
  11. #000000

Tints

#ec7979 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ec7979
  2. #ee8686
  3. #f09494
  4. #f2a1a1
  5. #f4afaf
  6. #f6bcbc
  7. #f7c9c9
  8. #f9d7d7
  9. #fbe4e4
  10. #fdf2f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ec7979 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ec7979
  2. #e17a7a
  3. #d67a7a
  4. #cc7b7b
  5. #c17c7c
  6. #b67d7d
  7. #ab7d7d
  8. #a07e7e
  9. #967f7f
  10. #8b7f7f
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c18f8f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #938d78 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #afa477 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff697a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bd8579 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ca9578 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8707a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ec7979 {
  color: #ec7979;
}
Background
.bg-ec7979 {
  background-color: #ec7979;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ec7979 {
  border: 2px solid #ec7979;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ec7979;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 121 121;
  --color-primary-hsl: 0 75% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ec7979 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ec7979, #ecb379);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ec7979 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 121 121 / 0.35);
}

#f08080 Light Coral ΔE 1.81 #fa8072 Salmon ΔE 5.22 #ff6961 Pastel Red ΔE 5.92 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 7.08 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 7.98 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 9.02 #ff91a4 Salmon Pink ΔE 9.47 #138686 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Light Coral
#ec7979  rgb(236, 121, 121)  hsl(0, 75%, 70%)  Light Coral
#79ecec  rgb(121, 236, 236)  hsl(180, 75%, 70%)  Electric Blue
#79ec79  rgb(121, 236, 121)  hsl(120, 75%, 70%)  Light Green
#7979ec  rgb(121, 121, 236)  hsl(240, 75%, 70%)  Medium Slate Blue