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#E08072

#e08072 ≈ Salmon

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e08072 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.84% red, 50.2% green and 44.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 42.86% magenta, 49.11% yellow and 12.16% black. Its hue angle is 7.64°, with 63.95% saturation and 66.27% 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 7.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Salmon (#fa8072), ΔE 4.54.

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Web safe#cc9966
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Relative luminance0.325

Complementary

  1. #e08072
  2. #72d2e0

Split complementary

  1. #e08072
  2. #72e0b7
  3. #729be0

Analogous

  1. #e0729b
  2. #e08072
  3. #e0b772

Triadic

  1. #e08072
  2. #72e080
  3. #8072e0

Tetradic

  1. #e08072
  2. #d2e072
  3. #72d2e0
  4. #8072e0

Square

  1. #e08072
  2. #9be072
  3. #72d2e0
  4. #b772e0

Monochromatic

  1. #983021
  2. #d24833
  3. #e08072
  4. #eeb8b1
  5. #fbf0ee

Shades

#e08072 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e08072
  2. #ca7367
  3. #b3665b
  4. #9d5a50
  5. #864d44
  6. #704039
  7. #5a332e
  8. #432622
  9. #2d1a17
  10. #160d0b
  11. #000000

Tints

#e08072 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e08072
  2. #e38d80
  3. #e6998e
  4. #e9a69c
  5. #ecb3aa
  6. #f0c0b9
  7. #f3ccc7
  8. #f6d9d5
  9. #f9e6e3
  10. #fcf2f1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e08072 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e08072
  2. #d68073
  3. #cd8075
  4. #c38076
  5. #ba8078
  6. #b08079
  7. #a6807a
  8. #9d807c
  9. #93807d
  10. #8a807f
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ba918c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #968e71 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aea270 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f2727d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b88971 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c49671 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eb7879 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e08072 {
  color: #e08072;
}
Background
.bg-e08072 {
  background-color: #e08072;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e08072 {
  border: 2px solid #e08072;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e08072;
  --color-primary-rgb: 224 128 114;
  --color-primary-hsl: 8 64% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e08072 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e08072, #e0b772);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e08072 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(224 128 114 / 0.35);
}

#fa8072 Salmon ΔE 4.54 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 4.77 #f08080 Light Coral ΔE 5.27 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 6.44 #ff6961 Pastel Red ΔE 6.93 #e97451 Burnt Sienna ΔE 7.28 #e9967a Dark Salmon ΔE 7.33 #1f7f8d Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Salmon
#e08072  rgb(224, 128, 114)  hsl(8, 64%, 66%)  Salmon
#72d2e0  rgb(114, 210, 224)  hsl(188, 64%, 66%)  Non-Photo Blue
#72e080  rgb(114, 224, 128)  hsl(128, 64%, 66%)  Pastel Green
#8072e0  rgb(128, 114, 224)  hsl(248, 64%, 66%)  Medium Slate Blue