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#eb706d

a light, electric red · warm · closest name: Light Coral

Token name suggestion: Linen Ember

RGB
235, 112, 109
HSL
1°, 76%, 68%
CMYK
0, 52, 54, 8
Luminance
0.3035

#eb706d is a light electric red, 1° on the wheel and 16/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (7.07:1). As text it scores 2.97:1 on white — use #E22E2A instead. Nearest name is Light Coral, nearest Tailwind family is red.

hsl(1 76% 68%)rgb(235 112 109)Base step 400AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #eb706d is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#eb706d
Hue
red
Saturation
76%
electric
Lightness
68%
light
Brightness
92%
HSV value
Perceived
62%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3035
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
16/100 cool
Color family
Red
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
7.07:1
Closest name
Light Coral
ΔE2000 4.3
Chroma
53.2
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.690
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
red
500 · ΔE 8.8
Web-safe
#FF6666
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue1° of 360°
Saturation76%
Lightness68%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #eb706d.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool16% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red58%
Green38%
Blue4%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#eb706d
HEX (8-digit)#eb706dff
RGBrgb(235, 112, 109)
RGBArgba(235, 112, 109, 1)
HSLhsl(1, 76%, 68%)
HSV / HSBhsv(1, 54%, 92%)
HWBhwb(1 43% 8%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 52%, 54%, 8%)
LABlab(62.0 47.3 24.5)
LCHlch(62.0 53.2 27.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.690 0.153 23.3)
XYZ (D65)xyz(42.82, 30.36, 18.07)
Decimal15429741
Display P3color(display-p3 0.922 0.439 0.427)
Web-safe#FF6666

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #eb706d;
background-color: #eb706d;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #eb706d;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#eb706d] bg-[#eb706d]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #eb706d;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.922, green: 0.439, blue: 0.427)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.922, green: 0.439, blue: 0.427, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#EB706D</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFEB706D)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFEB706D)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(109, 112, 235)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(235, 112, 109)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(235, 112, 109)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 235, 112, 109)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9216f, 0.4392f, 0.4275f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{235,112,109}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #eb706d 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #eb706d 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#70120F, #EED3D3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #eb706d h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FCF3F3;
  --brand-100: #F9E7E7;
  --brand-200: #F4C9C8;
  --brand-300: #F19E9C;
  --brand-400: #eb706d;
  --brand-500: #E43E3A;
  --brand-600: #D7221D;
  --brand-700: #B31C19;
  --brand-800: #901714;
  --brand-900: #681412;
  --brand-950: #410D0C;
  --brand: #eb706d;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F4;
  --brand-border: #EDC1C0;
  --brand-hover: #E7514E;
  --brand-pressed: #E2332E;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241414;
    --brand-ink: #EED3D3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FCF3F3',
        100: '#F9E7E7',
        200: '#F4C9C8',
        300: '#F19E9C',
        400: '#eb706d',
        500: '#E43E3A',
        600: '#D7221D',
        700: '#B31C19',
        800: '#901714',
        900: '#681412',
        950: '#410D0C',
        DEFAULT: '#eb706d',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FCF3F3,
  '100': #F9E7E7,
  '200': #F4C9C8,
  '300': #F19E9C,
  '400': #eb706d,
  '500': #E43E3A,
  '600': #D7221D,
  '700': #B31C19,
  '800': #901714,
  '900': #681412,
  '950': #410D0C,
);
$brand-base: #eb706d;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FCF3F3", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F9E7E7", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F4C9C8", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#F19E9C", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#eb706d", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#E43E3A", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#D7221D", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#B31C19", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#901714", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#681412", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#410D0C", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #eb706d · 7.07:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.97:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 7.07:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #eb706d as text scores 2.97:1 on white and 7.07:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #70120F at 3.97:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#E22E2A · 4.51:1
AA on white−15% L
#E22E2A
The quick fox
#AD1B18 · 7.13:1
AAA on white−29% L
#AD1B18
The quick fox
#eb706d · 7.07:1
AA on blackalready passes
#eb706d
The quick fox
#eb706d · 7.07:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#eb706d

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #EA6C69 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#eb706d on white: 2.97:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#eb706d on black: 7.07:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #eb706d as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #eb706d.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.97:1AaAa
Slate 502.84:1AaAa
Slate 1002.71:1AaAa
Slate 2002.41:1AaAa
Slate 3002.00:1AaAa
Slate 4001.16:1AaAa
Slate 5001.60:1AaAa
Slate 6002.55:1AaAa
Slate 7003.49:1AaAa
Slate 8004.93:1AaAa
Slate 9006.01:1AaAa
Black7.07:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #8D866C
deuteranopia · #AB9F6A
tritanopia · #FF5D70

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #eb706d is pinned to step 400; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FCF3F3
#F9E7E7
#F4C9C8
#F19E9C
#eb706d
#E43E3A
#D7221D
#B31C19
#901714
#681412
#410D0C
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #FCF3F3Darkest = 950 · #410D0CText step on white = 600
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.038 23.3);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.061 23.3);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.092 23.3);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.119 23.3);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.141 23.3);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.153 23.3);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.153 23.3);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.144 23.3);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.129 23.3);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.107 23.3);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.084 23.3);
}

Colors that work with #eb706d

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#FAF4F4
Tinted page background
Border#EDC1C0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4C4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#15B792
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#70120F
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FCE9E9
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241414
Dark-mode background
Hover#E7514E
One step down in lightness
Pressed#E2332E
Two steps down
Disabled#EADFDE
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F57B78
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #eb706d

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White text placed on it
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #70120F
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #EA6C69

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

urgentappetisingboldphysical

Red arrives before the rest of the page does. It raises attention and appetite, which is why it runs food, sport and clearance pricing.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

It is also the universal error colour. Use it as a brand accent and users may read a warning that is not there.

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight33/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#6DE8EB
Analogous left#EB6DA9
Analogous right#EBAF6D
Split-complement 1#6DEBAF
Split-complement 2#6DA9EB
Triadic 1#6DEB70
Triadic 2#706DEB
Tetradic#A9EB6D
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°1°

#eb706d sits at 1°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red92.2%
Green43.9%
Blue42.7%
R · 0–255
235
0xeb
G · 0–255
112
0x70
B · 0–255
109
0x6d

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta52.3%
Yellow53.6%
Key (black)7.8%

Total ink coverage is 114%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#eb706d text on a black background

contrast 7.07:1

Card sample

#eb706d text on a white background

contrast 2.97:1

Card sample

#eb706d on grey

2.71:1

#eb706d on its own surface

2.73:1

#eb706d on its dark surface

5.97:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #eb706d;
Background color
Panel with #eb706d background
background-color: #eb706d;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #eb706d;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(235, 112, 109, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(235, 112, 109, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #eb706d;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eb706d, #EBC46D);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eb706d, #EBE36D);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #eb706d;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #eb706d;
caret-color: #eb706d;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #eb706d;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FCE9E9;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #eb706d;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#eb706d 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #eb706d over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(235, 112, 109, 0.5)
rgb(235 112 109 / 50%)
#eb706d80
hsl(1 76% 68% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #eb706d 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#eb706d1a#FDF1F0
20%#eb706d33#FBE2E2
40%#eb706d66#F7C6C5
60%#eb706d99#F3A9A7
80%#eb706dcc#EF8D8A

Gradients from #eb706d

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #F2A5A3, #eb706d 45%, #70120F);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #eb706d, #E7C652);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eb706d, #6DE8EB);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F6BFBE 0%, #eb706d 45%, #70120F 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF4F4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #F19ACB 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #EFC688 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #70120F 0%, transparent 65%), #eb706d;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #eb706d

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#eb706d in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
Food and drinkEntertainmentRetailSport
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 7.07:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#eb706d, answered

What color is #eb706d?

#eb706d is a light electric red, closest to Light Coral (ΔE2000 4.3). It sits at 1° on the hue wheel with 76% saturation and 68% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #eb706d?

rgb(235, 112, 109) — 235 red, 112 green and 109 blue out of 255, or 92.2% / 43.9% / 42.7% by channel.

What is #eb706d in HSL and HSV?

hsl(1, 76%, 68%) and hsv(1, 54%, 92%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #eb706d a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3035 and perceived brightness is 62%, so black text on it reaches 7.07:1.

Should I use black or white text on #eb706d?

Black. It scores 7.07:1 against #eb706d, versus 2.97:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #eb706d accessible on a white background?

#eb706d on white scores 2.97:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #E22E2A to reach 4.5:1, or #AD1B18 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #eb706d?

#6DE8EB sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #6DEBAF and #6DA9EB, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #eb706d?

For interface work: #FAF4F4 as the surface, #EDC1C0 for borders, #9B4C4B for secondary text, #15B792 as an accent and #70120F for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #EB6DA9 and #EBAF6D stays calm, while #6DE8EB is the loudest partner.

What is #eb706d in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 52%, 54%, 8%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #eb706d warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 16 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #EB916D; nudged cooler, #ED6C98.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #eb706d?

The red family — its 500 step is #ef4444, ΔE2000 8.8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #eb706d as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #eb706d in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#eb706d] or text-[#eb706d], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #eb706d with 50% opacity?

rgba(235, 112, 109, 0.5), or #eb706d80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F5B8B6; over black, #763837.

Is #eb706d a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FF6666, ΔE2000 3.6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #eb706d mean?

As a red, it reads urgent, appetising, bold. Red arrives before the rest of the page does. It raises attention and appetite, which is why it runs food, sport and clearance pricing. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #eb706d?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F2A5A3, #eb706d 45%, #70120F). For more colour, a short hue run to #E7C652 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #eb706d in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #eb706d at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.