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#EC7980

#ec7980 ≈ Light Coral

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ec7980 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 50.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 48.73% magenta, 45.76% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 356.35°, 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 7.61:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Coral (#f08080), ΔE 2.58.

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Relative luminance0.3307

Complementary

  1. #ec7980
  2. #79ece5

Split complementary

  1. #ec7980
  2. #79ecac
  3. #79b9ec

Analogous

  1. #ec79b9
  2. #ec7980
  3. #ecac79

Triadic

  1. #ec7980
  2. #80ec79
  3. #7980ec

Tetradic

  1. #ec7980
  2. #ece579
  3. #79ece5
  4. #7980ec

Square

  1. #ec7980
  2. #b9ec79
  3. #79ece5
  4. #ac79ec

Monochromatic

  1. #b31923
  2. #e23640
  3. #ec7980
  4. #f5bcbf
  5. #fcedee

Shades

#ec7980 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ec7980
  2. #d46d73
  3. #bd6166
  4. #a5555a
  5. #8e494d
  6. #763d40
  7. #5e3033
  8. #472426
  9. #2f181a
  10. #180c0d
  11. #000000

Tints

#ec7980 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ec7980
  2. #ee868d
  3. #f09499
  4. #f2a1a6
  5. #f4afb3
  6. #f6bcc0
  7. #f7c9cc
  8. #f9d7d9
  9. #fbe4e6
  10. #fdf2f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ec7980 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ec7980
  2. #e17a80
  3. #d67a80
  4. #cc7b80
  5. #c17c80
  6. #b67d80
  7. #ab7d80
  8. #a07e80
  9. #967f80
  10. #8b7f80
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c18f91 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #918d80 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aea57e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff6a7c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bd8680 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ca957f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8707e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ec7980 {
  color: #ec7980;
}
Background
.bg-ec7980 {
  background-color: #ec7980;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ec7980 {
  border: 2px solid #ec7980;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ec7980;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 121 128;
  --color-primary-hsl: 356 75% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ec7980 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ec7980, #ecac79);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ec7980 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 121 128 / 0.35);
}

#f08080 Light Coral ΔE 2.58 #fa8072 Salmon ΔE 7.23 #ff6961 Pastel Red ΔE 7.76 #ff91a4 Salmon Pink ΔE 7.92 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 8.71 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 9.19 #fe4164 Neon Fuchsia ΔE 9.26 #13867f Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Light Coral
#ec7980  rgb(236, 121, 128)  hsl(356, 75%, 70%)  Light Coral
#79ece5  rgb(121, 236, 229)  hsl(176, 75%, 70%)  Bright Turquoise
#80ec79  rgb(128, 236, 121)  hsl(116, 75%, 70%)  Light Green
#7980ec  rgb(121, 128, 236)  hsl(236, 75%, 70%)  Medium Slate Blue