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#E49E8A

#e49e8a ≈ Dark Salmon

  • orange
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e49e8a is a color from the orange family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.41% red, 61.96% green and 54.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 30.7% magenta, 39.47% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 13.33°, with 62.5% saturation and 71.76% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with enthusiasm, warmth and creativity. Designers typically use it for call-to-action buttons, food and restaurant brands and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Salmon (#e9967a), ΔE 3.54.

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Relative luminance0.4278

Complementary

  1. #e49e8a
  2. #8ad0e4

Split complementary

  1. #e49e8a
  2. #8ae4cb
  3. #8aa3e4

Analogous

  1. #e48aa3
  2. #e49e8a
  3. #e4cb8a

Triadic

  1. #e49e8a
  2. #8ae49e
  3. #9e8ae4

Tetradic

  1. #e49e8a
  2. #d0e48a
  3. #8ad0e4
  4. #9e8ae4

Square

  1. #e49e8a
  2. #a3e48a
  3. #8ad0e4
  4. #cb8ae4

Monochromatic

  1. #ad4628
  2. #d66a4c
  3. #e49e8a
  4. #f2d2c8
  5. #fbf1ee

Shades

#e49e8a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e49e8a
  2. #cd8e7c
  3. #b67e6e
  4. #a06f61
  5. #895f53
  6. #724f45
  7. #5b3f37
  8. #442f29
  9. #2e201c
  10. #17100e
  11. #000000

Tints

#e49e8a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e49e8a
  2. #e7a896
  3. #e9b1a1
  4. #ecbbad
  5. #efc5b9
  6. #f2cfc5
  7. #f4d8d0
  8. #f7e2dc
  9. #faece8
  10. #fcf5f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e49e8a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e49e8a
  2. #da9b89
  3. #d09888
  4. #c69587
  5. #bc9286
  6. #b28f85
  7. #a88c84
  8. #9e8983
  9. #948682
  10. #8a8381
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6a8a1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aea688 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bfb589 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f49499 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c6a389 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cfac8a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ee9893 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e49e8a {
  color: #e49e8a;
}
Background
.bg-e49e8a {
  background-color: #e49e8a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e49e8a {
  border: 2px solid #e49e8a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e49e8a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 228 158 138;
  --color-primary-hsl: 13 63% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e49e8a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e49e8a, #e4cb8a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e49e8a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(228 158 138 / 0.35);
}

#e9967a Dark Salmon ΔE 3.54 #ffa089 Vivid Tangerine ΔE 4.98 #ffa07a Light Salmon ΔE 6.68 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 7.74 #deaa88 Tumbleweed ΔE 7.77 #fdbcb4 Melon ΔE 8.92 #fa8072 Salmon ΔE 9.33 #1b6175 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Dark Salmon
#e49e8a  rgb(228, 158, 138)  hsl(13, 63%, 72%)  Dark Salmon
#8ad0e4  rgb(138, 208, 228)  hsl(193, 63%, 72%)  Sky Blue
#8ae49e  rgb(138, 228, 158)  hsl(133, 63%, 72%)  Granny Smith Apple
#9e8ae4  rgb(158, 138, 228)  hsl(253, 63%, 72%)  Floral Lavender