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#E87E65

#e87e65 ≈ Terra Cotta

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e87e65 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.98% red, 49.41% green and 39.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 45.69% magenta, 56.47% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 11.45°, with 74.01% saturation and 65.29% 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 7.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Terra Cotta (#e2725b), ΔE 3.14.

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Relative luminance0.3302

Complementary

  1. #e87e65
  2. #65cfe8

Split complementary

  1. #e87e65
  2. #65e8bf
  3. #658de8

Analogous

  1. #e8658d
  2. #e87e65
  3. #e8bf65

Triadic

  1. #e87e65
  2. #65e87e
  3. #7e65e8

Tetradic

  1. #e87e65
  2. #cfe865
  3. #65cfe8
  4. #7e65e8

Square

  1. #e87e65
  2. #8de865
  3. #65cfe8
  4. #bf65e8

Monochromatic

  1. #9d3117
  2. #de4622
  3. #e87e65
  4. #f2b6a8
  5. #fcedea

Shades

#e87e65 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e87e65
  2. #d1715b
  3. #ba6551
  4. #a25847
  5. #8b4c3d
  6. #743f33
  7. #5d3228
  8. #46261e
  9. #2e1914
  10. #170d0a
  11. #000000

Tints

#e87e65 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e87e65
  2. #ea8b74
  3. #ed9884
  4. #efa593
  5. #f1b2a3
  6. #f4bfb2
  7. #f6cbc1
  8. #f8d8d1
  9. #fae5e0
  10. #fdf2f0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e87e65 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e87e65
  2. #de7e68
  3. #d37e6a
  4. #c97f6d
  5. #be7f70
  6. #b47f73
  7. #aa7f75
  8. #9f7f78
  9. #95807b
  10. #8a807d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bf9189 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #988e63 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b2a463 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fc6c78 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #be8864 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ca9664 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f47471 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e87e65 {
  color: #e87e65;
}
Background
.bg-e87e65 {
  background-color: #e87e65;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e87e65 {
  border: 2px solid #e87e65;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e87e65;
  --color-primary-rgb: 232 126 101;
  --color-primary-hsl: 11 74% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e87e65 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e87e65, #e8bf65);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e87e65 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(232 126 101 / 0.35);
}

#e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 3.14 #e97451 Burnt Sienna ΔE 3.79 #fa8072 Salmon ΔE 4.77 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 5.17 #e9967a Dark Salmon ΔE 6.30 #ff7f50 Coral ΔE 6.59 #ff6347 Tomato ΔE 6.62 #17819a Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Terra Cotta
#e87e65  rgb(232, 126, 101)  hsl(11, 74%, 65%)  Terra Cotta
#65cfe8  rgb(101, 207, 232)  hsl(191, 74%, 65%)  Sky Blue
#65e87e  rgb(101, 232, 126)  hsl(131, 74%, 65%)  Pastel Green
#7e65e8  rgb(126, 101, 232)  hsl(251, 74%, 65%)  Medium Slate Blue