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#E89B71

#e89b71 ≈ Light Salmon

  • orange
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e89b71 is a color from the orange family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.98% red, 60.78% green and 44.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 33.19% magenta, 51.29% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 21.18°, with 72.12% saturation and 67.65% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with enthusiasm, warmth and creativity. Designers typically use it for call-to-action buttons, food and restaurant brands and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.36:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Salmon (#ffa07a), ΔE 4.94.

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Web safe#ff9966
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Relative luminance0.4179

Complementary

  1. #e89b71
  2. #71bee8

Split complementary

  1. #e89b71
  2. #71e8d7
  3. #7183e8

Analogous

  1. #e87183
  2. #e89b71
  3. #e8d771

Triadic

  1. #e89b71
  2. #71e89b
  3. #9b71e8

Tetradic

  1. #e89b71
  2. #bee871
  3. #71bee8
  4. #9b71e8

Square

  1. #e89b71
  2. #83e871
  3. #71bee8
  4. #d771e8

Monochromatic

  1. #a54c1b
  2. #dd6d2f
  3. #e89b71
  4. #f3c9b3
  5. #fcf3ed

Shades

#e89b71 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e89b71
  2. #d18c66
  3. #ba7c5a
  4. #a26d4f
  5. #8b5d44
  6. #744e39
  7. #5d3e2d
  8. #462f22
  9. #2e1f17
  10. #17100b
  11. #000000

Tints

#e89b71 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e89b71
  2. #eaa57f
  3. #edaf8d
  4. #efb99c
  5. #f1c3aa
  6. #f4cdb8
  7. #f6d7c6
  8. #f8e1d4
  9. #faebe3
  10. #fdf5f1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e89b71 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e89b71
  2. #de9873
  3. #d39674
  4. #c99376
  5. #be9077
  6. #b48e79
  7. #aa8b7a
  8. #9f887c
  9. #95857d
  10. #8a837f
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.36:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c7a699 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b0a36e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c2b471 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fa8d90 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c9a06f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d2aa71 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f39385 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e89b71 {
  color: #e89b71;
}
Background
.bg-e89b71 {
  background-color: #e89b71;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e89b71 {
  border: 2px solid #e89b71;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e89b71;
  --color-primary-rgb: 232 155 113;
  --color-primary-hsl: 21 72% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e89b71 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e89b71, #e8d771);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e89b71 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(232 155 113 / 0.35);
}

#ffa07a Light Salmon ΔE 4.94 #e9967a Dark Salmon ΔE 5.00 #d68a59 Raw Sienna ΔE 5.54 #d99058 Persian Orange ΔE 5.65 #deaa88 Tumbleweed ΔE 5.92 #f4a460 Sandy Brown ΔE 6.86 #e5aa70 Fawn ΔE 7.91 #17648e Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Light Salmon
#e89b71  rgb(232, 155, 113)  hsl(21, 72%, 68%)  Light Salmon
#71bee8  rgb(113, 190, 232)  hsl(201, 72%, 68%)  Maya Blue
#71e89b  rgb(113, 232, 155)  hsl(141, 72%, 68%)  Light Green
#9b71e8  rgb(155, 113, 232)  hsl(261, 72%, 68%)  Medium Purple