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#E69877

#e69877 ≈ Dark Salmon

  • orange
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e69877 is a color from the orange family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.2% red, 59.61% green and 46.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 33.91% magenta, 48.26% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 17.84°, with 68.94% saturation and 68.43% 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 9.12:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Salmon (#e9967a), ΔE 2.14.

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Web safe#ff9966
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Relative luminance0.4061

Complementary

  1. #e69877
  2. #77c5e6

Split complementary

  1. #e69877
  2. #77e6cf
  3. #778de6

Analogous

  1. #e6778d
  2. #e69877
  3. #e6cf77

Triadic

  1. #e69877
  2. #77e698
  3. #9877e6

Tetradic

  1. #e69877
  2. #c5e677
  3. #77c5e6
  4. #9877e6

Square

  1. #e69877
  2. #8de677
  3. #77c5e6
  4. #cf77e6

Monochromatic

  1. #a6471e
  2. #da6736
  3. #e69877
  4. #f2c9b8
  5. #fcf2ee

Shades

#e69877 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e69877
  2. #cf896b
  3. #b87a5f
  4. #a16a53
  5. #8a5b47
  6. #734c3c
  7. #5c3d30
  8. #452e24
  9. #2e1e18
  10. #170f0c
  11. #000000

Tints

#e69877 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e69877
  2. #e9a285
  3. #ebad92
  4. #eeb7a0
  5. #f0c1ad
  6. #f3ccbb
  7. #f5d6c9
  8. #f8e0d6
  9. #faeae4
  10. #fdf5f1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e69877 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e69877
  2. #dc9678
  3. #d29379
  4. #c7917a
  5. #bd8e7b
  6. #b38c7c
  7. #a98a7c
  8. #9f877d
  9. #94857e
  10. #8a827f
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c5a499 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aca174 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bfb177 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f88b90 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c69d75 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d0a877 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f19086 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e69877 {
  color: #e69877;
}
Background
.bg-e69877 {
  background-color: #e69877;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e69877 {
  border: 2px solid #e69877;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e69877;
  --color-primary-rgb: 230 152 119;
  --color-primary-hsl: 18 69% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e69877 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e69877, #e6cf77);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e69877 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(230 152 119 / 0.35);
}

#e9967a Dark Salmon ΔE 2.14 #ffa07a Light Salmon ΔE 4.53 #ffa089 Vivid Tangerine ΔE 6.25 #d68a59 Raw Sienna ΔE 6.71 #deaa88 Tumbleweed ΔE 6.89 #d99058 Persian Orange ΔE 7.77 #ff7f50 Coral ΔE 8.35 #196788 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Dark Salmon
#e69877  rgb(230, 152, 119)  hsl(18, 69%, 68%)  Dark Salmon
#77c5e6  rgb(119, 197, 230)  hsl(198, 69%, 68%)  Sky Blue
#77e698  rgb(119, 230, 152)  hsl(138, 69%, 68%)  Light Green
#9877e6  rgb(152, 119, 230)  hsl(258, 69%, 68%)  Medium Purple