HEX Color #E97583 (Lightcoral)

About #E97583

The hex code #E97583 represents a beautifully specific shade of red. 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, 117, and 131.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 50% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 352.8 degrees, it sits comfortably in the red spectrum.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. To prevent eye strain, #000000 text pairs best with this hex code. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#E97583

RGB233, 117, 131

HSL352.8°, 72.5%, 68.6%

CMYK0%, 50%, 44%, 9%

HSV352.8°, 49.8%, 91.4%

LAB63.1, 46.1, 13.4

XYZ44.1, 31.7, 25.3

Decimal15299971

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#E97583 #74E9DA

Analogous

#E974BC #E9A174

Triadic

#82E974 #7483E9

Tetradic

#BDE974 #74E9DA #A074E9

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#E97583

#EB8490

#ED939E

#F0A3AC

#F2B2BA

#F5C1C7

#F7D1D5

#FAE0E3

#FCEFF1

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#E97583

#CF6874

#B55B65

#9B4E57

#814148

#67343A

#4D272B

#331A1D

#190D0E

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.86:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

7.34:1

Text on #000000

AAA

2.74:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

6.24:1

Text on #0F172A

AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #E97583; }

.text-color { color: #E97583; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #E97583; }

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