#E0807C colour

#E0807C is a light red close to CSS lightcoral. RGB 224, 128, 124, HSL 2, 62%, 68%. Black text passes AAA (7.55:1), white fails (2.78:1).

#E0807C

Nearest CSS name: lightcoral #f08080 (not an exact match)
Described as: a light red
Red, green, blue: 224, 128, 124
Web safe: No
Luminance: 0.3274 (WCAG relative luminance, 0 is black, 1 is white)

Colour codes

HEX	`#e0807c`
RGB	`rgb(224, 128, 124)`
RGB (percent)	`rgb(87.8% 50.2% 48.6%)`
HSL	`hsl(2.4, 61.7%, 68.2%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(2.4, 44.6%, 87.8%)`
HWB	`hwb(2.4 48.6% 12.2%)`
CMYK (naive)	`cmyk(0%, 43%, 45%, 12%)`
CIELAB (D50)	`lab(64.39% 37.56 19.27)`
OKLCH	`oklch(70.32% 0.1193 23.08)`
Decimal	`14712956`

CMYK here is the plain formula with no colour profile, so treat it as a starting point; a printer's profile gives the real ink values. CIELAB uses a D50 white point, as CSS lab() does. HSV is not a CSS function, so it is shown for design apps only.

Contrast with white and black text

White text, 2.78:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Black text, 7.55:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Text	Ratio	AA normal (4.5)	AA large (3)	AAA normal (7)	AAA large (4.5)
White	2.78:1	Fail	Fail	Fail	Fail
Black	7.55:1	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass

Black text is the better choice on #E0807C (7.55:1). Ratios use the WCAG 2.2 formula; large text means at least 24px, or 18.66px bold. Check another pair.

Tints and shades

Mixed with white, then with black, in ten even steps (straight sRGB mixing, as most design tools do).

9%#e38c88 18%#e69794 27%#e8a3a0 36%#ebaeac 45%#eebab8 55%#f1c5c3 64%#f4d1cf 73%#f7dcdb 82%#f9e8e7 91%#fcf3f3

9%#cc7471 18%#b76965 27%#a35d5a 36%#8f514f 45%#7a4644 55%#663a38 64%#512f2d 73%#3d2322 82%#291717 91%#140c0b

Colour harmonies

Hue turned around the HSL colour wheel, saturation and lightness kept.

Complementary

The hue opposite on the colour wheel (180°).

#e0807c #7cdce0

Analogous

Neighbours 30° either side.

#e07caa #e0807c #e0b27c

Triadic

Three hues 120° apart.

#e0807c #7ce080 #807ce0

Split complementary

The two hues either side of the complement (150° and 210°).

#e0807c #7ce0b2 #7caae0

Tetradic (square)

Four hues 90° apart.

#e0807c #aae07c #7cdce0 #b27ce0

How it looks with colour blindness

Normal vision#e0807c Protanopia#958f7b Deuteranopia#aca27a Tritanopia#f1737f Achromatopsia#9b9b9b

Simulated with the Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes (2009) matrices at full severity, applied in linear RGB; achromatopsia shows the colour's luminance as grey. Milder forms (protanomaly, deuteranomaly) are far more common and shift colours less. Never use colour as the only way to carry meaning.

CSS

Text colour	`color: #e0807c;`
Background	`background-color: #e0807c;`
Border	`border: 1px solid #e0807c;`
Half transparent	`background-color: rgb(224 128 124 / 50%);`
Custom property	`--colour-main: #e0807c;`
Gradient to a darker shade	`background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e0807c, #864d4a);`
Gradient from a lighter tint	`background: linear-gradient(180deg, #ecb3b0, #e0807c);`
Text on this colour	`background-color: #e0807c; color: #000;`

Similar named colours

Distance is measured in OKLab, scaled by 100; under about 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

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Colour names from CSS Color Module Level 4. Palette values from the Tailwind CSS v3 default palette (MIT licence) and the Material Design 2014 colour palette as published in Material Design Lite (Apache License 2.0). All other values are calculated from the hex code.