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#E9798E

#e9798e ≈ Pale Violet Red

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e9798e is a color from the red family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.37% red, 47.45% green and 55.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 48.07% magenta, 39.06% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 348.75°, with 71.79% saturation and 69.41% 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 7.59:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Violet Red (#db7093), ΔE 5.4.

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Web safe#ff6699
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Relative luminance0.3295

Complementary

  1. #e9798e
  2. #79e9d4

Split complementary

  1. #e9798e
  2. #79e99c
  3. #79c6e9

Analogous

  1. #e979c6
  2. #e9798e
  3. #e99c79

Triadic

  1. #e9798e
  2. #8ee979
  3. #798ee9

Tetradic

  1. #e9798e
  2. #e9d479
  3. #79e9d4
  4. #798ee9

Square

  1. #e9798e
  2. #c6e979
  3. #79e9d4
  4. #9c79e9

Monochromatic

  1. #ad1c37
  2. #de3757
  3. #e9798e
  4. #f4bbc5
  5. #fcedf0

Shades

#e9798e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e9798e
  2. #d26d80
  3. #ba6172
  4. #a35563
  5. #8c4955
  6. #753d47
  7. #5d3039
  8. #46242b
  9. #2f181c
  10. #170c0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#e9798e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e9798e
  2. #eb8699
  3. #ed94a5
  4. #f0a1b0
  5. #f2afbb
  6. #f4bcc7
  7. #f6c9d2
  8. #f8d7dd
  9. #fbe4e8
  10. #fdf2f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e9798e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e9798e
  2. #df7a8d
  3. #d47a8b
  4. #ca7b8a
  5. #bf7c88
  6. #b57d87
  7. #aa7d86
  8. #a07e84
  9. #957f83
  10. #8b7f81
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bf8f96 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8e8e8e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aaa48c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fa6d81 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b9868e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c6948d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f47286 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e9798e {
  color: #e9798e;
}
Background
.bg-e9798e {
  background-color: #e9798e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e9798e {
  border: 2px solid #e9798e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e9798e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 233 121 142;
  --color-primary-hsl: 349 72% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e9798e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e9798e, #e99c79);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e9798e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(233 121 142 / 0.35);
}

#db7093 Pale Violet Red ΔE 5.40 #ff91a4 Salmon Pink ΔE 6.54 #fc8eac Flamingo Pink ΔE 6.72 #f08080 Light Coral ΔE 6.78 #de5d83 Blush ΔE 7.14 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 7.20 #de6fa1 Thulian Pink ΔE 8.42 #168671 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Pale Violet Red
#e9798e  rgb(233, 121, 142)  hsl(349, 72%, 69%)  Pale Violet Red
#79e9d4  rgb(121, 233, 212)  hsl(169, 72%, 69%)  Turquoise
#8ee979  rgb(142, 233, 121)  hsl(109, 72%, 69%)  Light Green
#798ee9  rgb(121, 142, 233)  hsl(229, 72%, 69%)  Cornflower Blue