HEX Color #EE9793 (Lightcoral)

About #EE9793

When working with digital screens, the color #EE9793 is rendered by mixing light. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Lightcoral. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 238, 151, and 147.

Translating this color to physical media requires the CMYK color model. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 37% magenta inks. This makes it a relatively light color when applied to physical surfaces.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#EE9793

RGB238, 151, 147

HSL2.6°, 72.8%, 75.5%

CMYK0%, 37%, 38%, 7%

HSV2.6°, 38.2%, 93.3%

LAB71.2, 32.2, 15.8

XYZ51.6, 42.4, 33.1

Decimal15636371

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#EE9793 #92E9EE

Analogous

#EE92BC #EEC492

Triadic

#92EE96 #9692EE

Tetradic

#BCEE92 #92E9EE #C492EE

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#EE9793

#EFA29F

#F1AEAB

#F3B9B7

#F5C5C3

#F7D0CF

#F9DCDB

#FBE7E7

#FDF3F3

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#EE9793

#D38682

#B97572

#9E6462

#845351

#694341

#4F3231

#342120

#1A1010

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.21:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

9.48:1

Text on #000000

AAA

2.12:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

8.06:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #EE9793; }

.text-color { color: #EE9793; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #EE9793; }

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