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#E87E97

#e87e97 ≈ Pale Violet Red

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e87e97 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.98% red, 49.41% green and 59.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 45.69% magenta, 34.91% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 345.85°, with 69.74% saturation and 70.2% 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 7.86:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Violet Red (#db7093), ΔE 4.74.

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Web safe#ff6699
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Relative luminance0.3431

Complementary

  1. #e87e97
  2. #7ee8cf

Split complementary

  1. #e87e97
  2. #7ee89a
  3. #7ecce8

Analogous

  1. #e87ecc
  2. #e87e97
  3. #e89a7e

Triadic

  1. #e87e97
  2. #97e87e
  3. #7e97e8

Tetradic

  1. #e87e97
  2. #e8cf7e
  3. #7ee8cf
  4. #7e97e8

Square

  1. #e87e97
  2. #cce87e
  3. #7ee8cf
  4. #9a7ee8

Monochromatic

  1. #ae1f41
  2. #dc3d63
  3. #e87e97
  4. #f4bfcb
  5. #fceef1

Shades

#e87e97 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e87e97
  2. #d17188
  3. #ba6579
  4. #a2586a
  5. #8b4c5b
  6. #743f4c
  7. #5d323c
  8. #46262d
  9. #2e191e
  10. #170d0f
  11. #000000

Tints

#e87e97 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e87e97
  2. #ea8ba1
  3. #ed98ac
  4. #efa5b6
  5. #f1b2c1
  6. #f4bfcb
  7. #f6cbd5
  8. #f8d8e0
  9. #fae5ea
  10. #fdf2f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e87e97 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e87e97
  2. #de7e95
  3. #d37e92
  4. #c97f90
  5. #be7f8e
  6. #b47f8c
  7. #aa7f89
  8. #9f7f87
  9. #958085
  10. #8a8082
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.86:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c0929b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #909298 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aba695 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f87587 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ba8a97 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c69896 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f2788e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e87e97 {
  color: #e87e97;
}
Background
.bg-e87e97 {
  background-color: #e87e97;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e87e97 {
  border: 2px solid #e87e97;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e87e97;
  --color-primary-rgb: 232 126 151;
  --color-primary-hsl: 346 70% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e87e97 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e87e97, #e89a7e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e87e97 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(232 126 151 / 0.35);
}

#db7093 Pale Violet Red ΔE 4.74 #fc8eac Flamingo Pink ΔE 5.20 #ff91a4 Salmon Pink ΔE 5.91 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 6.09 #de6fa1 Thulian Pink ΔE 7.16 #de5d83 Blush ΔE 7.78 #f08080 Light Coral ΔE 8.38 #178168 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Pale Violet Red
#e87e97  rgb(232, 126, 151)  hsl(346, 70%, 70%)  Pale Violet Red
#7ee8cf  rgb(126, 232, 207)  hsl(166, 70%, 70%)  Turquoise
#97e87e  rgb(151, 232, 126)  hsl(106, 70%, 70%)  Light Green
#7e97e8  rgb(126, 151, 232)  hsl(226, 70%, 70%)  Cornflower Blue