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#EC7987

#ec7987 ≈ Light Coral

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ec7987 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 52.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 48.73% magenta, 42.8% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 352.7°, 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 7.65:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Coral (#f08080), ΔE 4.47.

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Relative luminance0.3326

Complementary

  1. #ec7987
  2. #79ecde

Split complementary

  1. #ec7987
  2. #79eca5
  3. #79c0ec

Analogous

  1. #ec79c0
  2. #ec7987
  3. #eca579

Triadic

  1. #ec7987
  2. #87ec79
  3. #7987ec

Tetradic

  1. #ec7987
  2. #ecde79
  3. #79ecde
  4. #7987ec

Square

  1. #ec7987
  2. #c0ec79
  3. #79ecde
  4. #a579ec

Monochromatic

  1. #b3192c
  2. #e2364b
  3. #ec7987
  4. #f5bcc3
  5. #fcedef

Shades

#ec7987 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ec7987
  2. #d46d7a
  3. #bd616c
  4. #a5555f
  5. #8e4951
  6. #763d44
  7. #5e3036
  8. #472429
  9. #2f181b
  10. #180c0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#ec7987 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ec7987
  2. #ee8693
  3. #f0949f
  4. #f2a1ab
  5. #f4afb7
  6. #f6bcc3
  7. #f7c9cf
  8. #f9d7db
  9. #fbe4e7
  10. #fdf2f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ec7987 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ec7987
  2. #e17a86
  3. #d67a86
  4. #cc7b85
  5. #c17c84
  6. #b67d84
  7. #ab7d83
  8. #a07e82
  9. #967f81
  10. #8b7f81
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c18f94 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #908e87 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ada585 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fe6b7e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bc8687 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c99586 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f77182 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ec7987 {
  color: #ec7987;
}
Background
.bg-ec7987 {
  background-color: #ec7987;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ec7987 {
  border: 2px solid #ec7987;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ec7987;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 121 135;
  --color-primary-hsl: 353 75% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ec7987 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ec7987, #eca579);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ec7987 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 121 135 / 0.35);
}

#f08080 Light Coral ΔE 4.47 #ff91a4 Salmon Pink ΔE 6.79 #db7093 Pale Violet Red ΔE 7.61 #fc8eac Flamingo Pink ΔE 8.01 #de5d83 Blush ΔE 8.45 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 8.56 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 8.87 #138678 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Light Coral
#ec7987  rgb(236, 121, 135)  hsl(353, 75%, 70%)  Light Coral
#79ecde  rgb(121, 236, 222)  hsl(173, 75%, 70%)  Turquoise
#87ec79  rgb(135, 236, 121)  hsl(113, 75%, 70%)  Light Green
#7987ec  rgb(121, 135, 236)  hsl(233, 75%, 70%)  Cornflower Blue