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#DE8772

#de8772 ≈ Dark Salmon

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#de8772 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.06% red, 52.94% green and 44.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 39.19% magenta, 48.65% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 11.67°, with 62.07% saturation and 65.88% 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 7.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Salmon (#e9967a), ΔE 4.63.

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Web safe#cc9966
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Relative luminance0.3407

Complementary

  1. #de8772
  2. #72c9de

Split complementary

  1. #de8772
  2. #72debd
  3. #7293de

Analogous

  1. #de7293
  2. #de8772
  3. #debd72

Triadic

  1. #de8772
  2. #72de87
  3. #8772de

Tetradic

  1. #de8772
  2. #c9de72
  3. #72c9de
  4. #8772de

Square

  1. #de8772
  2. #93de72
  3. #72c9de
  4. #bd72de

Monochromatic

  1. #943923
  2. #cf5234
  3. #de8772
  4. #edbcb0
  5. #fbf1ee

Shades

#de8772 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #de8772
  2. #c87a67
  3. #b26c5b
  4. #9b5f50
  5. #855144
  6. #6f4439
  7. #59362e
  8. #432922
  9. #2c1b17
  10. #160e0b
  11. #000000

Tints

#de8772 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #de8772
  2. #e19380
  3. #e59f8e
  4. #e8ab9c
  5. #ebb7aa
  6. #efc3b9
  7. #f2cfc7
  8. #f5dbd5
  9. #f8e7e3
  10. #fcf3f1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#de8772 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #de8772
  2. #d58673
  3. #cb8675
  4. #c28576
  5. #b88478
  6. #af8479
  7. #a6837a
  8. #9c827c
  9. #93817d
  10. #89817f
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bb958e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9c9370 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b1a571 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f07a82 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ba8e71 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c59a71 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e97f7c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-de8772 {
  color: #de8772;
}
Background
.bg-de8772 {
  background-color: #de8772;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-de8772 {
  border: 2px solid #de8772;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #de8772;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 135 114;
  --color-primary-hsl: 12 62% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-de8772 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #de8772, #debd72);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-de8772 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 135 114 / 0.35);
}

#e9967a Dark Salmon ΔE 4.63 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 5.52 #fa8072 Salmon ΔE 5.89 #e97451 Burnt Sienna ΔE 6.58 #ffa089 Vivid Tangerine ΔE 7.73 #f08080 Light Coral ΔE 7.80 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 7.83 #21788d Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Dark Salmon
#de8772  rgb(222, 135, 114)  hsl(12, 62%, 66%)  Dark Salmon
#72c9de  rgb(114, 201, 222)  hsl(192, 62%, 66%)  Sky Blue
#72de87  rgb(114, 222, 135)  hsl(132, 62%, 66%)  Pastel Green
#8772de  rgb(135, 114, 222)  hsl(252, 62%, 66%)  Medium Purple