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#E8917C

#e8917c ≈ Dark Salmon

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e8917c is a color from the red family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.98% red, 56.86% green and 48.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 37.5% magenta, 46.55% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 11.67°, with 70.13% saturation and 69.8% 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 8.77:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Salmon (#e9967a), ΔE 2.76.

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Web safe#ff9966
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Relative luminance0.3886

Complementary

  1. #e8917c
  2. #7cd3e8

Split complementary

  1. #e8917c
  2. #7ce8c7
  3. #7c9de8

Analogous

  1. #e87c9d
  2. #e8917c
  3. #e8c77c

Triadic

  1. #e8917c
  2. #7ce891
  3. #917ce8

Tetradic

  1. #e8917c
  2. #d3e87c
  3. #7cd3e8
  4. #917ce8

Square

  1. #e8917c
  2. #9de87c
  3. #7cd3e8
  4. #c77ce8

Monochromatic

  1. #ad3a1e
  2. #dd5a3b
  3. #e8917c
  4. #f3c8bd
  5. #fcf0ee

Shades

#e8917c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e8917c
  2. #d18370
  3. #ba7463
  4. #a26657
  5. #8b574a
  6. #74493e
  7. #5d3a32
  8. #462c25
  9. #2e1d19
  10. #170f0c
  11. #000000

Tints

#e8917c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e8917c
  2. #ea9c89
  3. #eda796
  4. #efb2a3
  5. #f1bdb0
  6. #f4c8be
  7. #f6d3cb
  8. #f8ded8
  9. #fae9e5
  10. #fdf4f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e8917c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e8917c
  2. #de8f7c
  3. #d38e7d
  4. #c98c7d
  5. #be8a7e
  6. #b4897e
  7. #aa877e
  8. #9f857f
  9. #95837f
  10. #8a8280
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.39:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c59f98 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a69d7a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bbaf7b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fa848c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c4987b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cea47b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f38986 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e8917c {
  color: #e8917c;
}
Background
.bg-e8917c {
  background-color: #e8917c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e8917c {
  border: 2px solid #e8917c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e8917c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 232 145 124;
  --color-primary-hsl: 12 70% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e8917c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e8917c, #e8c77c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e8917c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(232 145 124 / 0.35);
}

#e9967a Dark Salmon ΔE 2.76 #ffa089 Vivid Tangerine ΔE 4.88 #fa8072 Salmon ΔE 5.84 #ffa07a Light Salmon ΔE 6.80 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 7.87 #f08080 Light Coral ΔE 7.98 #e97451 Burnt Sienna ΔE 8.33 #176e83 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Dark Salmon
#e8917c  rgb(232, 145, 124)  hsl(12, 70%, 70%)  Dark Salmon
#7cd3e8  rgb(124, 211, 232)  hsl(192, 70%, 70%)  Sky Blue
#7ce891  rgb(124, 232, 145)  hsl(132, 70%, 70%)  Light Green
#917ce8  rgb(145, 124, 232)  hsl(252, 70%, 70%)  Medium Purple