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#E79873

#e79873 ≈ Dark Salmon

  • orange
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e79873 is a color from the orange family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.59% red, 59.61% green and 45.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 34.2% magenta, 50.22% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 19.14°, with 70.73% saturation and 67.84% 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 9.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Salmon (#e9967a), ΔE 3.23.

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Web safe#ff9966
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Relative luminance0.4068

Complementary

  1. #e79873
  2. #73c2e7

Split complementary

  1. #e79873
  2. #73e7d2
  3. #7388e7

Analogous

  1. #e77388
  2. #e79873
  3. #e7d273

Triadic

  1. #e79873
  2. #73e798
  3. #9873e7

Tetradic

  1. #e79873
  2. #c2e773
  3. #73c2e7
  4. #9873e7

Square

  1. #e79873
  2. #88e773
  3. #73c2e7
  4. #d273e7

Monochromatic

  1. #a5481c
  2. #dc6832
  3. #e79873
  4. #f2c8b4
  5. #fcf2ee

Shades

#e79873 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e79873
  2. #d08968
  3. #b97a5c
  4. #a26a51
  5. #8b5b45
  6. #744c3a
  7. #5c3d2e
  8. #452e23
  9. #2e1e17
  10. #170f0c
  11. #000000

Tints

#e79873 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e79873
  2. #e9a281
  3. #ecad8f
  4. #eeb79d
  5. #f1c1ab
  6. #f3ccb9
  7. #f5d6c7
  8. #f8e0d5
  9. #faeae3
  10. #fdf5f1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e79873 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e79873
  2. #dd9674
  3. #d29376
  4. #c89177
  5. #be8e78
  6. #b48c7a
  7. #a98a7b
  8. #9f877c
  9. #95857d
  10. #8a827f
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6a498 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ada170 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c0b273 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f98a8f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c79d71 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d1a873 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f29084 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e79873 {
  color: #e79873;
}
Background
.bg-e79873 {
  background-color: #e79873;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e79873 {
  border: 2px solid #e79873;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e79873;
  --color-primary-rgb: 231 152 115;
  --color-primary-hsl: 19 71% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e79873 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e79873, #e7d273);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e79873 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(231 152 115 / 0.35);
}

#e9967a Dark Salmon ΔE 3.23 #ffa07a Light Salmon ΔE 4.46 #d68a59 Raw Sienna ΔE 5.91 #deaa88 Tumbleweed ΔE 6.70 #d99058 Persian Orange ΔE 6.76 #ffa089 Vivid Tangerine ΔE 7.06 #ff7f50 Coral ΔE 8.12 #18678c Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Dark Salmon
#e79873  rgb(231, 152, 115)  hsl(19, 71%, 68%)  Dark Salmon
#73c2e7  rgb(115, 194, 231)  hsl(199, 71%, 68%)  Baby Blue
#73e798  rgb(115, 231, 152)  hsl(139, 71%, 68%)  Light Green
#9873e7  rgb(152, 115, 231)  hsl(259, 71%, 68%)  Medium Purple