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#EA8872

#ea8872 ≈ Salmon

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ea8872 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 53.33% green and 44.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 41.88% magenta, 51.28% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 11°, with 74.07% saturation and 68.24% 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 8.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Salmon (#fa8072), ΔE 4.23.

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Relative luminance0.3632

Complementary

  1. #ea8872
  2. #72d4ea

Split complementary

  1. #ea8872
  2. #72eac4
  3. #7298ea

Analogous

  1. #ea7298
  2. #ea8872
  3. #eac472

Triadic

  1. #ea8872
  2. #72ea88
  3. #8872ea

Tetradic

  1. #ea8872
  2. #d4ea72
  3. #72d4ea
  4. #8872ea

Square

  1. #ea8872
  2. #98ea72
  3. #72d4ea
  4. #c472ea

Monochromatic

  1. #aa3419
  2. #e0502f
  3. #ea8872
  4. #f4c0b5
  5. #fcf0ed

Shades

#ea8872 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ea8872
  2. #d37a67
  3. #bb6d5b
  4. #a45f50
  5. #8c5244
  6. #754439
  7. #5e362e
  8. #462922
  9. #2f1b17
  10. #170e0b
  11. #000000

Tints

#ea8872 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ea8872
  2. #ec9480
  3. #eea08e
  4. #f0ac9c
  5. #f2b8aa
  6. #f5c4b9
  7. #f7cfc7
  8. #f9dbd5
  9. #fbe7e3
  10. #fdf3f1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ea8872 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ea8872
  2. #df8773
  3. #d58675
  4. #ca8676
  5. #c08578
  6. #b58479
  7. #aa837a
  8. #a0827c
  9. #95827d
  10. #8b817f
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.54:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c39991 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a09670 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7aa71 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fd7883 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c29171 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ce9e71 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f67f7c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ea8872 {
  color: #ea8872;
}
Background
.bg-ea8872 {
  background-color: #ea8872;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ea8872 {
  border: 2px solid #ea8872;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ea8872;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 136 114;
  --color-primary-hsl: 11 74% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ea8872 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ea8872, #eac472);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ea8872 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 136 114 / 0.35);
}

#fa8072 Salmon ΔE 4.23 #e9967a Dark Salmon ΔE 4.34 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 5.61 #e97451 Burnt Sienna ΔE 6.26 #ffa089 Vivid Tangerine ΔE 6.35 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 6.48 #f08080 Light Coral ΔE 7.30 #15778d Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Salmon
#ea8872  rgb(234, 136, 114)  hsl(11, 74%, 68%)  Salmon
#72d4ea  rgb(114, 212, 234)  hsl(191, 74%, 68%)  Sky Blue
#72ea88  rgb(114, 234, 136)  hsl(131, 74%, 68%)  Light Green
#8872ea  rgb(136, 114, 234)  hsl(251, 74%, 68%)  Medium Slate Blue