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#E7735E

#e7735e ≈ Terra Cotta

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e7735e is a color from the red family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.59% red, 45.1% green and 36.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 50.22% magenta, 59.31% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 9.2°, with 74.05% saturation and 63.73% 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 7.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Terra Cotta (#e2725b), ΔE 1.17.

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Relative luminance0.3006

Complementary

  1. #e7735e
  2. #5ed2e7

Split complementary

  1. #e7735e
  2. #5ee7b8
  3. #5e8ee7

Analogous

  1. #e75e8e
  2. #e7735e
  3. #e7b85e

Triadic

  1. #e7735e
  2. #5ee773
  3. #735ee7

Tetradic

  1. #e7735e
  2. #d2e75e
  3. #5ed2e7
  4. #735ee7

Square

  1. #e7735e
  2. #8ee75e
  3. #5ed2e7
  4. #b85ee7

Monochromatic

  1. #962a16
  2. #d83c20
  3. #e7735e
  4. #f1ada1
  5. #fbe7e3

Shades

#e7735e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e7735e
  2. #d06855
  3. #b95c4b
  4. #a25142
  5. #8b4538
  6. #743a2f
  7. #5c2e26
  8. #45231c
  9. #2e1713
  10. #170c09
  11. #000000

Tints

#e7735e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e7735e
  2. #e9816e
  3. #ec8f7e
  4. #ee9d8e
  5. #f1ab9e
  6. #f3b9af
  7. #f5c7bf
  8. #f8d5cf
  9. #fae3df
  10. #fdf1ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e7735e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e7735e
  2. #dd7461
  3. #d27665
  4. #c87768
  5. #be786c
  6. #b47a6f
  7. #a97b72
  8. #9f7c76
  9. #957d79
  10. #8a7f7d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bc8983 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #90865c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ad9f5c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fc5f6e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b97f5d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c78f5d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f46768 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e7735e {
  color: #e7735e;
}
Background
.bg-e7735e {
  background-color: #e7735e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e7735e {
  border: 2px solid #e7735e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e7735e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 231 115 94;
  --color-primary-hsl: 9 74% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e7735e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e7735e, #e7b85e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e7735e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(231 115 94 / 0.35);
}

#e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 1.17 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 4.00 #e97451 Burnt Sienna ΔE 4.04 #ff6961 Pastel Red ΔE 5.18 #fa8072 Salmon ΔE 5.22 #ff6347 Tomato ΔE 5.33 #f08080 Light Coral ΔE 8.02 #188ca1 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Terra Cotta
#e7735e  rgb(231, 115, 94)  hsl(9, 74%, 64%)  Terra Cotta
#5ed2e7  rgb(94, 210, 231)  hsl(189, 74%, 64%)  Sky Blue
#5ee773  rgb(94, 231, 115)  hsl(129, 74%, 64%)  Pastel Green
#735ee7  rgb(115, 94, 231)  hsl(249, 74%, 64%)  Medium Slate Blue