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#E87F6B

#e87f6b ≈ Terra Cotta

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e87f6b is a color from the red family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.98% red, 49.8% green and 41.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 45.26% magenta, 53.88% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 9.6°, with 73.1% saturation and 66.47% 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 7.68:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Terra Cotta (#e2725b), ΔE 3.59.

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Relative luminance0.334

Complementary

  1. #e87f6b
  2. #6bd4e8

Split complementary

  1. #e87f6b
  2. #6be8bd
  3. #6b95e8

Analogous

  1. #e86b95
  2. #e87f6b
  3. #e8bd6b

Triadic

  1. #e87f6b
  2. #6be87f
  3. #7f6be8

Tetradic

  1. #e87f6b
  2. #d4e86b
  3. #6bd4e8
  4. #7f6be8

Square

  1. #e87f6b
  2. #95e86b
  3. #6bd4e8
  4. #bd6be8

Monochromatic

  1. #a12f19
  2. #de4629
  3. #e87f6b
  4. #f2b8ad
  5. #fcf0ed

Shades

#e87f6b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e87f6b
  2. #d17260
  3. #ba6656
  4. #a2594b
  5. #8b4c40
  6. #744036
  7. #5d332b
  8. #462620
  9. #2e1915
  10. #170d0b
  11. #000000

Tints

#e87f6b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e87f6b
  2. #ea8c7a
  3. #ed9989
  4. #efa597
  5. #f1b2a6
  6. #f4bfb5
  7. #f6ccc4
  8. #f8d9d3
  9. #fae5e1
  10. #fdf2f0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e87f6b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e87f6b
  2. #de7f6d
  3. #d37f6f
  4. #c97f71
  5. #be7f73
  6. #b48076
  7. #aa8078
  8. #9f807a
  9. #95807c
  10. #8a807e
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bf918b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #988f69 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b2a569 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fc6e7a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #be896a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ca976a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f47574 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e87f6b {
  color: #e87f6b;
}
Background
.bg-e87f6b {
  background-color: #e87f6b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e87f6b {
  border: 2px solid #e87f6b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e87f6b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 232 127 107;
  --color-primary-hsl: 10 73% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e87f6b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e87f6b, #e8bd6b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e87f6b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(232 127 107 / 0.35);
}

#e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 3.59 #fa8072 Salmon ΔE 3.67 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 4.92 #e97451 Burnt Sienna ΔE 5.25 #ff6961 Pastel Red ΔE 6.19 #e9967a Dark Salmon ΔE 6.54 #f08080 Light Coral ΔE 6.66 #178094 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Terra Cotta
#e87f6b  rgb(232, 127, 107)  hsl(10, 73%, 66%)  Terra Cotta
#6bd4e8  rgb(107, 212, 232)  hsl(190, 73%, 66%)  Sky Blue
#6be87f  rgb(107, 232, 127)  hsl(130, 73%, 66%)  Pastel Green
#7f6be8  rgb(127, 107, 232)  hsl(250, 73%, 66%)  Medium Slate Blue