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#E8917D

#e8917d ≈ Dark Salmon

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e8917d 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 49.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 37.5% magenta, 46.12% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 11.21°, with 69.93% saturation and 70% 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 8.78:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Salmon (#e9967a), ΔE 3.06.

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Web safe#ff9966
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Relative luminance0.3889

Complementary

  1. #e8917d
  2. #7dd4e8

Split complementary

  1. #e8917d
  2. #7de8c6
  3. #7d9fe8

Analogous

  1. #e87d9f
  2. #e8917d
  3. #e8c67d

Triadic

  1. #e8917d
  2. #7de891
  3. #917de8

Tetradic

  1. #e8917d
  2. #d4e87d
  3. #7dd4e8
  4. #917de8

Square

  1. #e8917d
  2. #9fe87d
  3. #7dd4e8
  4. #c67de8

Monochromatic

  1. #ad391f
  2. #dc5a3c
  3. #e8917d
  4. #f3c8be
  5. #fcf0ee

Shades

#e8917d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e8917d
  2. #d18371
  3. #ba7464
  4. #a26658
  5. #8b574b
  6. #74493f
  7. #5d3a32
  8. #462c26
  9. #2e1d19
  10. #170f0d
  11. #000000

Tints

#e8917d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e8917d
  2. #ea9c8a
  3. #eda797
  4. #efb2a4
  5. #f1bdb1
  6. #f4c8be
  7. #f6d3cb
  8. #f8ded8
  9. #fae9e5
  10. #fdf4f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e8917d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e8917d
  2. #de8f7d
  3. #d38e7e
  4. #c98c7e
  5. #be8a7e
  6. #b4897f
  7. #aa877f
  8. #9f857f
  9. #95837f
  10. #8a8280
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.39:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c59f98 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a69d7b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #baaf7c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fa848c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c4987c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cea47c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f38986 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e8917d {
  color: #e8917d;
}
Background
.bg-e8917d {
  background-color: #e8917d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e8917d {
  border: 2px solid #e8917d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e8917d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 232 145 125;
  --color-primary-hsl: 11 70% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e8917d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e8917d, #e8c67d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e8917d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(232 145 125 / 0.35);
}

#e9967a Dark Salmon ΔE 3.06 #ffa089 Vivid Tangerine ΔE 4.90 #fa8072 Salmon ΔE 5.71 #ffa07a Light Salmon ΔE 7.05 #f08080 Light Coral ΔE 7.68 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 7.92 #e97451 Burnt Sienna ΔE 8.51 #176e82 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Dark Salmon
#e8917d  rgb(232, 145, 125)  hsl(11, 70%, 70%)  Dark Salmon
#7dd4e8  rgb(125, 212, 232)  hsl(191, 70%, 70%)  Sky Blue
#7de891  rgb(125, 232, 145)  hsl(131, 70%, 70%)  Light Green
#917de8  rgb(145, 125, 232)  hsl(251, 70%, 70%)  Medium Purple