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#E06A4E

#e06a4e ≈ Terra Cotta

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e06a4e is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.84% red, 41.57% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 52.68% magenta, 65.18% yellow and 12.16% black. Its hue angle is 11.51°, with 70.19% saturation and 59.22% 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 6.34:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Terra Cotta (#e2725b), ΔE 2.6.

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Relative luminance0.2671

Complementary

  1. #e06a4e
  2. #4ec4e0

Split complementary

  1. #e06a4e
  2. #4ee0b3
  3. #4e7be0

Analogous

  1. #e04e7b
  2. #e06a4e
  3. #e0b34e

Triadic

  1. #e06a4e
  2. #4ee06a
  3. #6a4ee0

Tetradic

  1. #e06a4e
  2. #c4e04e
  3. #4ec4e0
  4. #6a4ee0

Square

  1. #e06a4e
  2. #7be04e
  3. #4ec4e0
  4. #b34ee0

Monochromatic

  1. #7f2a16
  2. #c04022
  3. #e06a4e
  4. #eba18f
  5. #f7d8d0

Shades

#e06a4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e06a4e
  2. #ca5f46
  3. #b3553e
  4. #9d4a37
  5. #86402f
  6. #703527
  7. #5a2a1f
  8. #432017
  9. #2d1510
  10. #160b08
  11. #000000

Tints

#e06a4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e06a4e
  2. #e37960
  3. #e68871
  4. #e99783
  5. #eca695
  6. #f0b5a7
  7. #f3c3b8
  8. #f6d2ca
  9. #f9e1dc
  10. #fcf0ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e06a4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e06a4e
  2. #d66c53
  3. #cd6e58
  4. #c3715d
  5. #ba7362
  6. #b07567
  7. #a6776c
  8. #9d7971
  9. #937c76
  10. #8a7e7b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8d8d8d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b48179 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #897d4b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a6974b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f55364 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b2764c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c0874c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ed5d5c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e06a4e {
  color: #e06a4e;
}
Background
.bg-e06a4e {
  background-color: #e06a4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e06a4e {
  border: 2px solid #e06a4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e06a4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 224 106 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 12 70% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e06a4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e06a4e, #e0b34e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e06a4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(224 106 78 / 0.35);
}

#e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 2.60 #e97451 Burnt Sienna ΔE 3.41 #ff6347 Tomato ΔE 5.27 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 6.46 #e25822 Flame ΔE 7.24 #ff6961 Pastel Red ΔE 7.64 #e34234 Cinnabar ΔE 7.97 #1f95b1 Inverted #8d8d8d Grayscale 

Terra Cotta
#e06a4e  rgb(224, 106, 78)  hsl(12, 70%, 59%)  Terra Cotta
#4ec4e0  rgb(78, 196, 224)  hsl(192, 70%, 59%)  Sky Blue
#4ee06a  rgb(78, 224, 106)  hsl(132, 70%, 59%)  Malachite
#6a4ee0  rgb(106, 78, 224)  hsl(252, 70%, 59%)  Majorelle Blue