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#EA6A4E

#ea6a4e ≈ Terra Cotta

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ea6a4e is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 41.57% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 54.7% magenta, 66.67% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 10.77°, with 78.79% saturation and 61.18% 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 6.67:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Terra Cotta (#e2725b), ΔE 2.69.

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Relative luminance0.2835

Complementary

  1. #ea6a4e
  2. #4eceea

Split complementary

  1. #ea6a4e
  2. #4eeab8
  3. #4e80ea

Analogous

  1. #ea4e80
  2. #ea6a4e
  3. #eab84e

Triadic

  1. #ea6a4e
  2. #4eea6a
  3. #6a4eea

Tetradic

  1. #ea6a4e
  2. #ceea4e
  3. #4eceea
  4. #6a4eea

Square

  1. #ea6a4e
  2. #80ea4e
  3. #4eceea
  4. #b84eea

Monochromatic

  1. #8e2711
  2. #d33a19
  3. #ea6a4e
  4. #f2a492
  5. #faddd7

Shades

#ea6a4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ea6a4e
  2. #d35f46
  3. #bb553e
  4. #a44a37
  5. #8c402f
  6. #753527
  7. #5e2a1f
  8. #462017
  9. #2f1510
  10. #170b08
  11. #000000

Tints

#ea6a4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ea6a4e
  2. #ec7960
  3. #ee8871
  4. #f09783
  5. #f2a695
  6. #f5b5a7
  7. #f7c3b8
  8. #f9d2ca
  9. #fbe1dc
  10. #fdf0ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ea6a4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ea6a4e
  2. #df6c53
  3. #d56e58
  4. #ca715d
  5. #c07362
  6. #b57567
  7. #aa776c
  8. #a07971
  9. #957c76
  10. #8b7e7b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.15:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #919191 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bb837c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8c804b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ab9c4b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff5064 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b9784c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c88b4c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f75c5c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ea6a4e {
  color: #ea6a4e;
}
Background
.bg-ea6a4e {
  background-color: #ea6a4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ea6a4e {
  border: 2px solid #ea6a4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ea6a4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 106 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 11 79% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ea6a4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ea6a4e, #eab84e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ea6a4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 106 78 / 0.35);
}

#e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 2.69 #e97451 Burnt Sienna ΔE 2.92 #ff6347 Tomato ΔE 3.54 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 4.99 #ff6961 Pastel Red ΔE 6.45 #ff7f50 Coral ΔE 7.47 #fa8072 Salmon ΔE 7.61 #1595b1 Inverted #919191 Grayscale 

Terra Cotta
#ea6a4e  rgb(234, 106, 78)  hsl(11, 79%, 61%)  Terra Cotta
#4eceea  rgb(78, 206, 234)  hsl(191, 79%, 61%)  Sky Blue
#4eea6a  rgb(78, 234, 106)  hsl(131, 79%, 61%)  Malachite
#6a4eea  rgb(106, 78, 234)  hsl(251, 79%, 61%)  Majorelle Blue