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#EA856C

#ea856c ≈ Salmon

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ea856c is a color from the red family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 52.16% green and 42.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 43.16% magenta, 53.85% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 11.9°, with 75% saturation and 67.06% 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 8.07:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Salmon (#fa8072), ΔE 4.64.

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Web safe#ff9966
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Relative luminance0.3535

Complementary

  1. #ea856c
  2. #6cd1ea

Split complementary

  1. #ea856c
  2. #6ceac4
  3. #6c92ea

Analogous

  1. #ea6c92
  2. #ea856c
  3. #eac46c

Triadic

  1. #ea856c
  2. #6cea85
  3. #856cea

Tetradic

  1. #ea856c
  2. #d1ea6c
  3. #6cd1ea
  4. #856cea

Square

  1. #ea856c
  2. #92ea6c
  3. #6cd1ea
  4. #c46cea

Monochromatic

  1. #a53418
  2. #e04d29
  3. #ea856c
  4. #f4bdaf
  5. #fcf0ed

Shades

#ea856c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ea856c
  2. #d37861
  3. #bb6a56
  4. #a45d4c
  5. #8c5041
  6. #754336
  7. #5e352b
  8. #462820
  9. #2f1b16
  10. #170d0b
  11. #000000

Tints

#ea856c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ea856c
  2. #ec917b
  3. #ee9d89
  4. #f0aa98
  5. #f2b6a7
  6. #f5c2b6
  7. #f7cec4
  8. #f9dad3
  9. #fbe7e2
  10. #fdf3f0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ea856c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ea856c
  2. #df856e
  3. #d58470
  4. #ca8472
  5. #c08374
  6. #b58376
  7. #aa8278
  8. #a0827a
  9. #95817c
  10. #8b817e
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.07:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c2968e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9e936a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b6a96b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fe747f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c18e6b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cd9c6b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f67b78 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ea856c {
  color: #ea856c;
}
Background
.bg-ea856c {
  background-color: #ea856c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ea856c {
  border: 2px solid #ea856c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ea856c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 133 108;
  --color-primary-hsl: 12 75% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ea856c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ea856c, #eac46c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ea856c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 133 108 / 0.35);
}

#fa8072 Salmon ΔE 4.64 #e9967a Dark Salmon ΔE 4.67 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 4.86 #e97451 Burnt Sienna ΔE 5.08 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 6.12 #ff7f50 Coral ΔE 6.57 #ffa089 Vivid Tangerine ΔE 7.07 #157a93 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Salmon
#ea856c  rgb(234, 133, 108)  hsl(12, 75%, 67%)  Salmon
#6cd1ea  rgb(108, 209, 234)  hsl(192, 75%, 67%)  Sky Blue
#6cea85  rgb(108, 234, 133)  hsl(132, 75%, 67%)  Light Green
#856cea  rgb(133, 108, 234)  hsl(252, 75%, 67%)  Medium Slate Blue