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#EA7257

#ea7257 ≈ Terra Cotta

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ea7257 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 44.71% green and 34.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 51.28% magenta, 62.82% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 11.02°, with 77.78% saturation and 62.94% 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 7.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Terra Cotta (#e2725b), ΔE 1.79.

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Relative luminance0.3022

Complementary

  1. #ea7257
  2. #57cfea

Split complementary

  1. #ea7257
  2. #57eabb
  3. #5785ea

Analogous

  1. #ea5785
  2. #ea7257
  3. #eabb57

Triadic

  1. #ea7257
  2. #57ea72
  3. #7257ea

Tetradic

  1. #ea7257
  2. #cfea57
  3. #57cfea
  4. #7257ea

Square

  1. #ea7257
  2. #85ea57
  3. #57cfea
  4. #bb57ea

Monochromatic

  1. #952b13
  2. #d93e1b
  3. #ea7257
  4. #f3ab9b
  5. #fbe4df

Shades

#ea7257 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ea7257
  2. #d3674e
  3. #bb5b46
  4. #a4503d
  5. #8c4434
  6. #75392c
  7. #5e2e23
  8. #46221a
  9. #2f1711
  10. #170b09
  11. #000000

Tints

#ea7257 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ea7257
  2. #ec8068
  3. #ee8e79
  4. #f09c89
  5. #f2aa9a
  6. #f5b9ab
  7. #f7c7bc
  8. #f9d5cd
  9. #fbe3dd
  10. #fdf1ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ea7257 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ea7257
  2. #df735b
  3. #d5755f
  4. #ca7663
  5. #c07867
  6. #b5796c
  7. #aa7a70
  8. #a07c74
  9. #957d78
  10. #8b7f7c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bd8981 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #918554 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ae9f55 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff5c6c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bb7e55 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c98f56 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f76564 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ea7257 {
  color: #ea7257;
}
Background
.bg-ea7257 {
  background-color: #ea7257;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ea7257 {
  border: 2px solid #ea7257;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ea7257;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 114 87;
  --color-primary-hsl: 11 78% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ea7257 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ea7257, #eabb57);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ea7257 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 114 87 / 0.35);
}

#e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 1.79 #e97451 Burnt Sienna ΔE 2.32 #ff6347 Tomato ΔE 4.26 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 4.36 #ff6961 Pastel Red ΔE 6.10 #fa8072 Salmon ΔE 6.15 #ff7f50 Coral ΔE 6.68 #158da8 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Terra Cotta
#ea7257  rgb(234, 114, 87)  hsl(11, 78%, 63%)  Terra Cotta
#57cfea  rgb(87, 207, 234)  hsl(191, 78%, 63%)  Sky Blue
#57ea72  rgb(87, 234, 114)  hsl(131, 78%, 63%)  Pastel Green
#7257ea  rgb(114, 87, 234)  hsl(251, 78%, 63%)  Majorelle Blue