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#E88585

#e88585 ≈ Light Coral

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e88585 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.98% red, 52.16% green and 52.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 42.67% magenta, 42.67% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 0°, with 68.28% saturation and 71.57% 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 8.12:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Coral (#f08080), ΔE 1.95.

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Relative luminance0.3562

Complementary

  1. #e88585
  2. #85e8e8

Split complementary

  1. #e88585
  2. #85e8b7
  3. #85b7e8

Analogous

  1. #e885b7
  2. #e88585
  3. #e8b785

Triadic

  1. #e88585
  2. #85e885
  3. #8585e8

Tetradic

  1. #e88585
  2. #e8e885
  3. #85e8e8
  4. #8585e8

Square

  1. #e88585
  2. #b7e885
  3. #85e8e8
  4. #b785e8

Monochromatic

  1. #b22222
  2. #dc4545
  3. #e88585
  4. #f4c5c5
  5. #fceeee

Shades

#e88585 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e88585
  2. #d17878
  3. #ba6a6a
  4. #a25d5d
  5. #8b5050
  6. #744343
  7. #5d3535
  8. #462828
  9. #2e1b1b
  10. #170d0d
  11. #000000

Tints

#e88585 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e88585
  2. #ea9191
  3. #ed9d9d
  4. #efaaaa
  5. #f1b6b6
  6. #f4c2c2
  7. #f6cece
  8. #f8dada
  9. #fae7e7
  10. #fdf3f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e88585 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e88585
  2. #de8585
  3. #d38484
  4. #c98484
  5. #be8383
  6. #b48383
  7. #aa8282
  8. #9f8282
  9. #958181
  10. #8a8181
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c29797 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9a9584 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b2a983 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fa7986 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #be8f85 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ca9c84 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f37e85 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e88585 {
  color: #e88585;
}
Background
.bg-e88585 {
  background-color: #e88585;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e88585 {
  border: 2px solid #e88585;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e88585;
  --color-primary-rgb: 232 133 133;
  --color-primary-hsl: 0 68% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e88585 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e88585, #e8b785);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e88585 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(232 133 133 / 0.35);
}

#f08080 Light Coral ΔE 1.95 #fa8072 Salmon ΔE 6.14 #ff91a4 Salmon Pink ΔE 7.59 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 7.86 #ff6961 Pastel Red ΔE 8.48 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 9.13 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 9.37 #177a7a Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Light Coral
#e88585  rgb(232, 133, 133)  hsl(0, 68%, 72%)  Light Coral
#85e8e8  rgb(133, 232, 232)  hsl(180, 68%, 72%)  Electric Blue
#85e885  rgb(133, 232, 133)  hsl(120, 68%, 72%)  Light Green
#8585e8  rgb(133, 133, 232)  hsl(240, 68%, 72%)  Medium Purple