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#E38E8E

#e38e8e ≈ Light Coral

  • pink
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e38e8e is a color from the pink family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.02% red, 55.69% green and 55.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 37.44% magenta, 37.44% yellow and 10.98% black. Its hue angle is 0°, with 60.28% saturation and 72.35% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with tenderness, care and sweetness. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, weddings and celebrations and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.53:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Coral (#f08080), ΔE 4.49.

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Relative luminance0.3763

Complementary

  1. #e38e8e
  2. #8ee3e3

Split complementary

  1. #e38e8e
  2. #8ee3b8
  3. #8eb8e3

Analogous

  1. #e38eb8
  2. #e38e8e
  3. #e3b88e

Triadic

  1. #e38e8e
  2. #8ee38e
  3. #8e8ee3

Tetradic

  1. #e38e8e
  2. #e3e38e
  3. #8ee3e3
  4. #8e8ee3

Square

  1. #e38e8e
  2. #b8e38e
  3. #8ee3e3
  4. #b88ee3

Monochromatic

  1. #ad2b2b
  2. #d45151
  3. #e38e8e
  4. #f2cbcb
  5. #fbefef

Shades

#e38e8e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e38e8e
  2. #cc8080
  3. #b67272
  4. #9f6363
  5. #885555
  6. #724747
  7. #5b3939
  8. #442b2b
  9. #2d1c1c
  10. #170e0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#e38e8e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e38e8e
  2. #e69999
  3. #e9a5a5
  4. #ebb0b0
  5. #eebbbb
  6. #f1c7c7
  7. #f4d2d2
  8. #f7dddd
  9. #f9e8e8
  10. #fcf4f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e38e8e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e38e8e
  2. #d98d8d
  3. #cf8b8b
  4. #c58a8a
  5. #bb8888
  6. #b28787
  7. #a88686
  8. #9e8484
  9. #948383
  10. #8a8181
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c19c9c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9f9b8e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b3ab8d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f3848f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #be968e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c8a18d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ed888e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e38e8e {
  color: #e38e8e;
}
Background
.bg-e38e8e {
  background-color: #e38e8e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e38e8e {
  border: 2px solid #e38e8e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e38e8e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 227 142 142;
  --color-primary-hsl: 0 60% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e38e8e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e38e8e, #e3b88e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e38e8e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(227 142 142 / 0.35);
}

#f08080 Light Coral ΔE 4.49 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 6.83 #ff91a4 Salmon Pink ΔE 7.07 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 7.32 #fa8072 Salmon ΔE 7.87 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 8.10 #bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 8.62 #1c7171 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Light Coral
#e38e8e  rgb(227, 142, 142)  hsl(0, 60%, 72%)  Light Coral
#8ee3e3  rgb(142, 227, 227)  hsl(180, 60%, 72%)  Pale Turquoise
#8ee38e  rgb(142, 227, 142)  hsl(120, 60%, 72%)  Light Green
#8e8ee3  rgb(142, 142, 227)  hsl(240, 60%, 72%)  Medium Purple