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#DD8A76

#dd8a76 ≈ Dark Salmon

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#dd8a76 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.67% red, 54.12% green and 46.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 37.56% magenta, 46.61% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 11.65°, with 60.23% saturation and 66.47% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with energy, passion and urgency. Designers typically use it for food and restaurant brands, sales and promotions and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.97:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Salmon (#e9967a), ΔE 4.26.

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Web safe#cc9966
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Relative luminance0.3486

Complementary

  1. #dd8a76
  2. #76c9dd

Split complementary

  1. #dd8a76
  2. #76ddbd
  3. #7696dd

Analogous

  1. #dd7696
  2. #dd8a76
  3. #ddbd76

Triadic

  1. #dd8a76
  2. #76dd8a
  3. #8a76dd

Tetradic

  1. #dd8a76
  2. #c9dd76
  3. #76c9dd
  4. #8a76dd

Square

  1. #dd8a76
  2. #96dd76
  3. #76c9dd
  4. #bd76dd

Monochromatic

  1. #953b25
  2. #ce5639
  3. #dd8a76
  4. #ecbeb3
  5. #fbf1ef

Shades

#dd8a76 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dd8a76
  2. #c77c6a
  3. #b16e5e
  4. #9b6153
  5. #855347
  6. #6f453b
  7. #58372f
  8. #422923
  9. #2c1c18
  10. #160e0c
  11. #000000

Tints

#dd8a76 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dd8a76
  2. #e09684
  3. #e4a191
  4. #e7ad9f
  5. #ebb9ad
  6. #eec5bb
  7. #f1d0c8
  8. #f5dcd6
  9. #f8e8e4
  10. #fcf3f1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dd8a76 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dd8a76
  2. #d48977
  3. #ca8878
  4. #c18779
  5. #b8867a
  6. #af857b
  7. #a5847c
  8. #9c837d
  9. #93827e
  10. #89817f
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.63:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bb9791 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9e9574 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b2a675 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ee7d85 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ba9175 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c49c75 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7837f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dd8a76 {
  color: #dd8a76;
}
Background
.bg-dd8a76 {
  background-color: #dd8a76;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dd8a76 {
  border: 2px solid #dd8a76;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dd8a76;
  --color-primary-rgb: 221 138 118;
  --color-primary-hsl: 12 60% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dd8a76 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dd8a76, #ddbd76);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dd8a76 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(221 138 118 / 0.35);
}

#e9967a Dark Salmon ΔE 4.26 #fa8072 Salmon ΔE 6.28 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 6.42 #ffa089 Vivid Tangerine ΔE 7.35 #e97451 Burnt Sienna ΔE 7.45 #f08080 Light Coral ΔE 7.84 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 8.54 #227589 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Dark Salmon
#dd8a76  rgb(221, 138, 118)  hsl(12, 60%, 66%)  Dark Salmon
#76c9dd  rgb(118, 201, 221)  hsl(192, 60%, 66%)  Sky Blue
#76dd8a  rgb(118, 221, 138)  hsl(132, 60%, 66%)  Pastel Green
#8a76dd  rgb(138, 118, 221)  hsl(252, 60%, 66%)  Medium Purple