HEX Color #E96D75 (Lightcoral)

About #E96D75

When working with digital screens, the color #E96D75 is rendered by mixing light. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Lightcoral. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 233, 109, and 117.

Translating this color to physical media requires the CMYK color model. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 53% magenta inks. Always request a physical proof before doing a large print run with this exact code.

When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#E96D75

RGB233, 109, 117

HSL356.1°, 73.8%, 67.1%

CMYK0%, 53%, 50%, 9%

HSV356.1°, 53.2%, 91.4%

LAB61.3, 48.7, 18.9

XYZ42.3, 29.5, 20.3

Decimal15297909

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#E96D75 #6CE8E1

Analogous

#E86CB3 #E8A26C

Triadic

#74E86C #6C74E8

Tetradic

#B3E86C #6CE8E1 #A26CE8

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#E96D75

#EB7D84

#ED8D93

#F09DA3

#F2ADB2

#F5BEC1

#F7CED1

#FADEE0

#FCEEEF

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#E96D75

#CF6068

#B5545B

#9B484E

#813C41

#673034

#4D2427

#33181A

#190C0D

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

3.04:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AA Large

6.91:1

Text on #000000

AA

2.91:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

5.87:1

Text on #0F172A

AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #E96D75; }

.text-color { color: #E96D75; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #E96D75; }

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Lightcoral

#F08080