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#E69478

#e69478 ≈ Dark Salmon

  • orange
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e69478 is a color from the orange family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.2% red, 58.04% green and 47.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 35.65% magenta, 47.83% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 15.27°, with 68.75% saturation and 68.63% 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 8.87:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Salmon (#e9967a), ΔE 0.67.

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Web safe#ff9966
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Relative luminance0.3936

Complementary

  1. #e69478
  2. #78cae6

Split complementary

  1. #e69478
  2. #78e6cb
  3. #7893e6

Analogous

  1. #e67893
  2. #e69478
  3. #e6cb78

Triadic

  1. #e69478
  2. #78e694
  3. #9478e6

Tetradic

  1. #e69478
  2. #cae678
  3. #78cae6
  4. #9478e6

Square

  1. #e69478
  2. #93e678
  3. #78cae6
  4. #cb78e6

Monochromatic

  1. #a6411f
  2. #da6137
  3. #e69478
  4. #f2c7b9
  5. #fcf1ee

Shades

#e69478 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e69478
  2. #cf856c
  3. #b87660
  4. #a16854
  5. #8a5948
  6. #734a3c
  7. #5c3b30
  8. #452c24
  9. #2e1e18
  10. #170f0c
  11. #000000

Tints

#e69478 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e69478
  2. #e99f86
  3. #eba993
  4. #eeb4a1
  5. #f0bfae
  6. #f3cabc
  7. #f5d4c9
  8. #f8dfd7
  9. #faeae4
  10. #fdf4f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e69478 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e69478
  2. #dc9279
  3. #d2907a
  4. #c78e7a
  5. #bd8c7b
  6. #b38a7c
  7. #a9887d
  8. #9f867e
  9. #94847e
  10. #8a827f
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.37:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c4a197 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a89e76 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bcaf77 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f8878d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c49a77 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cea578 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f18c85 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e69478 {
  color: #e69478;
}
Background
.bg-e69478 {
  background-color: #e69478;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e69478 {
  border: 2px solid #e69478;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e69478;
  --color-primary-rgb: 230 148 120;
  --color-primary-hsl: 15 69% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e69478 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e69478, #e6cb78);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e69478 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(230 148 120 / 0.35);
}

#e9967a Dark Salmon ΔE 0.67 #ffa07a Light Salmon ΔE 5.24 #ffa089 Vivid Tangerine ΔE 5.38 #d68a59 Raw Sienna ΔE 7.91 #ff7f50 Coral ΔE 8.03 #fa8072 Salmon ΔE 8.06 #e97451 Burnt Sienna ΔE 8.34 #196b87 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Dark Salmon
#e69478  rgb(230, 148, 120)  hsl(15, 69%, 69%)  Dark Salmon
#78cae6  rgb(120, 202, 230)  hsl(195, 69%, 69%)  Sky Blue
#78e694  rgb(120, 230, 148)  hsl(135, 69%, 69%)  Light Green
#9478e6  rgb(148, 120, 230)  hsl(255, 69%, 69%)  Medium Purple