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#E9937F

#e9937f ≈ Dark Salmon

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e9937f is a color from the red family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.37% red, 57.65% green and 49.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 36.91% magenta, 45.49% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 11.32°, with 70.67% saturation and 70.59% 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 8.94:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Salmon (#e9967a), ΔE 2.9.

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Web safe#ff9966
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Relative luminance0.3972

Complementary

  1. #e9937f
  2. #7fd5e9

Split complementary

  1. #e9937f
  2. #7fe9c8
  3. #7fa0e9

Analogous

  1. #e97fa0
  2. #e9937f
  3. #e9c87f

Triadic

  1. #e9937f
  2. #7fe993
  3. #937fe9

Tetradic

  1. #e9937f
  2. #d5e97f
  3. #7fd5e9
  4. #937fe9

Square

  1. #e9937f
  2. #a0e97f
  3. #7fd5e9
  4. #c87fe9

Monochromatic

  1. #b13a1e
  2. #de5c3e
  3. #e9937f
  4. #f4cac0
  5. #fcf0ee

Shades

#e9937f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e9937f
  2. #d28472
  3. #ba7666
  4. #a36759
  5. #8c584c
  6. #754a40
  7. #5d3b33
  8. #462c26
  9. #2f1d19
  10. #170f0d
  11. #000000

Tints

#e9937f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e9937f
  2. #eb9e8c
  3. #eda999
  4. #f0b3a5
  5. #f2beb2
  6. #f4c9bf
  7. #f6d4cc
  8. #f8dfd9
  9. #fbe9e5
  10. #fdf4f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e9937f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e9937f
  2. #df917f
  3. #d48f7f
  4. #ca8d7f
  5. #bf8b7f
  6. #b58a80
  7. #aa8880
  8. #a08680
  9. #958480
  10. #8b8280
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6a19a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a79e7d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bcb07e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fb868e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c59a7e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cfa57e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f48b88 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e9937f {
  color: #e9937f;
}
Background
.bg-e9937f {
  background-color: #e9937f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e9937f {
  border: 2px solid #e9937f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e9937f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 233 147 127;
  --color-primary-hsl: 11 71% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e9937f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e9937f, #e9c87f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e9937f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(233 147 127 / 0.35);
}

#e9967a Dark Salmon ΔE 2.90 #ffa089 Vivid Tangerine ΔE 4.49 #fa8072 Salmon ΔE 6.00 #ffa07a Light Salmon ΔE 6.77 #f08080 Light Coral ΔE 7.92 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 8.42 #e97451 Burnt Sienna ΔE 8.93 #166c80 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Dark Salmon
#e9937f  rgb(233, 147, 127)  hsl(11, 71%, 71%)  Dark Salmon
#7fd5e9  rgb(127, 213, 233)  hsl(191, 71%, 71%)  Sky Blue
#7fe993  rgb(127, 233, 147)  hsl(131, 71%, 71%)  Light Green
#937fe9  rgb(147, 127, 233)  hsl(251, 71%, 71%)  Medium Purple