#ec79ae

Color #ec79ae

A vivid, highly saturated light pink.

Closest named color Pale Violet Red #db7093 · ΔE 10.49 Nearest Tailwind class pink-400 #fb64b6 · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#ec79ae

RGB

rgb(236, 121, 174)

HSL

hsl(332.3, 75.2%, 70%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(332.3, 48.7%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 48.7%, 26.3%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(65.41, 50.2, -7.64)

LCH

lch(65.41, 50.78, 351.35)

OKLCH

oklch(72.2%, 0.1528, 352.63)

HWB

hwb(332.3, 47.5%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#79ecb7

Analogous

#ec79e8

#ec79ae

#ec7d79

Triadic

#ec79ae

#aeec79

#79aeec

Split-complementary

#ec79ae

#79ec7d

#79e8ec

Tetradic

#ec79ae

#ecb779

#79ecb7

#79aeec

Square

#ec79ae

#e8ec79

#79ecb7

#7d79ec

Shades

Color #ec79ae mixed toward black.

#e5458f

#d01e70

#9c1654

#680f38

#34071c

Tints

Color #ec79ae mixed toward white.

#ef8fbc

#f2a6c9

#f6bcd7

#f9d2e4

#fce9f2

Tones

Color #ec79ae mixed toward gray.

#e283af

#d98cb0

#cf96b0

#c69fb1

#bca9b2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.91:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c5c4a3 · ΔE 41.7

Deuteranopia

#cbd2a0 · ΔE 49.5

Tritanopia

#e89a98 · ΔE 15.4

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 25.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ec79ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ec79ae]

Related colors

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Deep Pink #ff1493

Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Pale Violet Red #db7093

Medium Violet Red #c71585

Crimson #dc143c

Frequently asked questions

#ec79ae (#ec79ae) is rgb(236, 121, 174) in RGB.

No, #ec79ae is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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