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#EA8965

#ea8965 ≈ Dark Salmon

  • orange
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ea8965 is a color from the orange family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 53.73% green and 39.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 41.45% magenta, 56.84% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 16.24°, with 76% saturation and 65.69% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with enthusiasm, warmth and creativity. Designers typically use it for call-to-action buttons, food and restaurant brands and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Salmon (#e9967a), ΔE 4.01.

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Web safe#ff9966
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Relative luminance0.3632

Complementary

  1. #ea8965
  2. #65c6ea

Split complementary

  1. #ea8965
  2. #65eacc
  3. #6584ea

Analogous

  1. #ea6584
  2. #ea8965
  3. #eacc65

Triadic

  1. #ea8965
  2. #65ea89
  3. #8965ea

Tetradic

  1. #ea8965
  2. #c6ea65
  3. #65c6ea
  4. #8965ea

Square

  1. #ea8965
  2. #84ea65
  3. #65c6ea
  4. #cc65ea

Monochromatic

  1. #a03b16
  2. #e15522
  3. #ea8965
  4. #f3bda8
  5. #fcf0ec

Shades

#ea8965 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ea8965
  2. #d37b5b
  3. #bb6e51
  4. #a46047
  5. #8c523d
  6. #754533
  7. #5e3728
  8. #46291e
  9. #2f1b14
  10. #170e0a
  11. #000000

Tints

#ea8965 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ea8965
  2. #ec9574
  3. #eea184
  4. #f0ac93
  5. #f2b8a3
  6. #f5c4b2
  7. #f7d0c1
  8. #f9dcd1
  9. #fbe7e0
  10. #fdf3f0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ea8965 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ea8965
  2. #df8868
  3. #d5876a
  4. #ca866d
  5. #c08570
  6. #b58573
  7. #aa8475
  8. #a08378
  9. #95827b
  10. #8b817d
  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 #c3998e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a29662 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9ab64 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fe7880 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c39163 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cf9e64 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f67f76 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ea8965 {
  color: #ea8965;
}
Background
.bg-ea8965 {
  background-color: #ea8965;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ea8965 {
  border: 2px solid #ea8965;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ea8965;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 137 101;
  --color-primary-hsl: 16 76% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ea8965 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ea8965, #eacc65);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ea8965 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 137 101 / 0.35);
}

#e9967a Dark Salmon ΔE 4.01 #ff7f50 Coral ΔE 4.79 #e97451 Burnt Sienna ΔE 5.22 #ffa07a Light Salmon ΔE 6.16 #ff8243 Mango Tango ΔE 6.66 #d68a59 Raw Sienna ΔE 6.74 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 6.98 #15769a Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Dark Salmon
#ea8965  rgb(234, 137, 101)  hsl(16, 76%, 66%)  Dark Salmon
#65c6ea  rgb(101, 198, 234)  hsl(196, 76%, 66%)  Sky Blue
#65ea89  rgb(101, 234, 137)  hsl(136, 76%, 66%)  Light Green
#8965ea  rgb(137, 101, 234)  hsl(256, 76%, 66%)  Medium Slate Blue