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#E28678

#e28678 ≈ Salmon

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e28678 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 88.63% red, 52.55% green and 47.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 40.71% magenta, 46.9% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 7.92°, with 64.63% saturation and 67.84% 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 7.92:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Salmon (#fa8072), ΔE 4.5.

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Web safe#cc9966
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Relative luminance0.3458

Complementary

  1. #e28678
  2. #78d4e2

Split complementary

  1. #e28678
  2. #78e2bb
  3. #789fe2

Analogous

  1. #e2789f
  2. #e28678
  3. #e2bb78

Triadic

  1. #e28678
  2. #78e286
  3. #8678e2

Tetradic

  1. #e28678
  2. #d4e278
  3. #78d4e2
  4. #8678e2

Square

  1. #e28678
  2. #9fe278
  3. #78d4e2
  4. #bb78e2

Monochromatic

  1. #9f3322
  2. #d44e39
  3. #e28678
  4. #f0beb7
  5. #fbf0ee

Shades

#e28678 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e28678
  2. #cb796c
  3. #b56b60
  4. #9e5e54
  5. #885048
  6. #71433c
  7. #5a3630
  8. #442824
  9. #2d1b18
  10. #170d0c
  11. #000000

Tints

#e28678 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e28678
  2. #e59286
  3. #e89e93
  4. #ebaaa1
  5. #eeb6ae
  6. #f1c3bc
  7. #f3cfc9
  8. #f6dbd7
  9. #f9e7e4
  10. #fcf3f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e28678 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e28678
  2. #d88579
  3. #ce857a
  4. #c5847a
  5. #bb847b
  6. #b1837c
  7. #a7827d
  8. #9d827e
  9. #94817e
  10. #8a817f
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bd9691 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9b9377 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b1a677 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f47983 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bc8e77 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c79a77 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ed7e7e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e28678 {
  color: #e28678;
}
Background
.bg-e28678 {
  background-color: #e28678;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e28678 {
  border: 2px solid #e28678;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e28678;
  --color-primary-rgb: 226 134 120;
  --color-primary-hsl: 8 65% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e28678 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e28678, #e2bb78);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e28678 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(226 134 120 / 0.35);
}

#fa8072 Salmon ΔE 4.50 #f08080 Light Coral ΔE 5.19 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 6.03 #e9967a Dark Salmon ΔE 6.26 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 7.18 #ff6961 Pastel Red ΔE 7.80 #ffa089 Vivid Tangerine ΔE 7.84 #1d7987 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Salmon
#e28678  rgb(226, 134, 120)  hsl(8, 65%, 68%)  Salmon
#78d4e2  rgb(120, 212, 226)  hsl(188, 65%, 68%)  Non-Photo Blue
#78e286  rgb(120, 226, 134)  hsl(128, 65%, 68%)  Pastel Green
#8678e2  rgb(134, 120, 226)  hsl(248, 65%, 68%)  Medium Purple