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#E08474

#e08474 ≈ Salmon

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e08474 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.84% red, 51.76% green and 45.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 41.07% magenta, 48.21% yellow and 12.16% black. Its hue angle is 8.89°, with 63.53% saturation and 66.67% 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 7.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Salmon (#fa8072), ΔE 4.74.

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Web safe#cc9966
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Relative luminance0.3361

Complementary

  1. #e08474
  2. #74d0e0

Split complementary

  1. #e08474
  2. #74e0ba
  3. #749ae0

Analogous

  1. #e0749a
  2. #e08474
  3. #e0ba74

Triadic

  1. #e08474
  2. #74e084
  3. #8474e0

Tetradic

  1. #e08474
  2. #d0e074
  3. #74d0e0
  4. #8474e0

Square

  1. #e08474
  2. #9ae074
  3. #74d0e0
  4. #ba74e0

Monochromatic

  1. #993422
  2. #d24d35
  3. #e08474
  4. #eebbb3
  5. #fbf0ee

Shades

#e08474 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e08474
  2. #ca7768
  3. #b36a5d
  4. #9d5c51
  5. #864f46
  6. #70423a
  7. #5a352e
  8. #432823
  9. #2d1a17
  10. #160d0c
  11. #000000

Tints

#e08474 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e08474
  2. #e39082
  3. #e69d90
  4. #e9a99e
  5. #ecb5ac
  6. #f0c2ba
  7. #f3cec7
  8. #f6dad5
  9. #f9e6e3
  10. #fcf3f1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e08474 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e08474
  2. #d68475
  3. #cd8376
  4. #c38378
  5. #ba8279
  6. #b0827a
  7. #a6827b
  8. #9d817c
  9. #93817e
  10. #8a807f
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bb948e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #999172 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b0a473 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f27680 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ba8c73 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c59873 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eb7c7b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e08474 {
  color: #e08474;
}
Background
.bg-e08474 {
  background-color: #e08474;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e08474 {
  border: 2px solid #e08474;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e08474;
  --color-primary-rgb: 224 132 116;
  --color-primary-hsl: 9 64% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e08474 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e08474, #e0ba74);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e08474 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(224 132 116 / 0.35);
}

#fa8072 Salmon ΔE 4.74 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 5.24 #f08080 Light Coral ΔE 5.89 #e9967a Dark Salmon ΔE 6.16 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 6.95 #e97451 Burnt Sienna ΔE 7.22 #ff6961 Pastel Red ΔE 7.73 #1f7b8b Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Salmon
#e08474  rgb(224, 132, 116)  hsl(9, 64%, 67%)  Salmon
#74d0e0  rgb(116, 208, 224)  hsl(189, 64%, 67%)  Sky Blue
#74e084  rgb(116, 224, 132)  hsl(129, 64%, 67%)  Pastel Green
#8474e0  rgb(132, 116, 224)  hsl(249, 64%, 67%)  Medium Purple