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#EA8A66

#ea8a66 ≈ Dark Salmon

  • orange
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ea8a66 is a color from the orange family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 54.12% green and 40% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 41.03% magenta, 56.41% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 16.36°, with 75.86% saturation and 65.88% 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 8.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Salmon (#e9967a), ΔE 3.81.

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Web safe#ff9966
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Relative luminance0.3663

Complementary

  1. #ea8a66
  2. #66c6ea

Split complementary

  1. #ea8a66
  2. #66eacc
  3. #6684ea

Analogous

  1. #ea6684
  2. #ea8a66
  3. #eacc66

Triadic

  1. #ea8a66
  2. #66ea8a
  3. #8a66ea

Tetradic

  1. #ea8a66
  2. #c6ea66
  3. #66c6ea
  4. #8a66ea

Square

  1. #ea8a66
  2. #84ea66
  3. #66c6ea
  4. #cc66ea

Monochromatic

  1. #a13c16
  2. #e15723
  3. #ea8a66
  4. #f3bda9
  5. #fcf1ed

Shades

#ea8a66 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ea8a66
  2. #d37c5c
  3. #bb6e52
  4. #a46147
  5. #8c533d
  6. #754533
  7. #5e3729
  8. #46291f
  9. #2f1c14
  10. #170e0a
  11. #000000

Tints

#ea8a66 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ea8a66
  2. #ec9675
  3. #eea185
  4. #f0ad94
  5. #f2b9a3
  6. #f5c5b3
  7. #f7d0c2
  8. #f9dcd1
  9. #fbe8e0
  10. #fdf3f0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ea8a66 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ea8a66
  2. #df8969
  3. #d5886b
  4. #ca876e
  5. #c08670
  6. #b58573
  7. #aa8476
  8. #a08378
  9. #95827b
  10. #8b817d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c49a8f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a39763 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #baab65 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fe7981 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c39264 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cf9f65 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f68077 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ea8a66 {
  color: #ea8a66;
}
Background
.bg-ea8a66 {
  background-color: #ea8a66;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ea8a66 {
  border: 2px solid #ea8a66;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ea8a66;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 138 102;
  --color-primary-hsl: 16 76% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ea8a66 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ea8a66, #eacc66);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ea8a66 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 138 102 / 0.35);
}

#e9967a Dark Salmon ΔE 3.81 #ff7f50 Coral ΔE 4.93 #e97451 Burnt Sienna ΔE 5.48 #ffa07a Light Salmon ΔE 5.96 #d68a59 Raw Sienna ΔE 6.66 #ff8243 Mango Tango ΔE 6.71 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 7.20 #157599 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Dark Salmon
#ea8a66  rgb(234, 138, 102)  hsl(16, 76%, 66%)  Dark Salmon
#66c6ea  rgb(102, 198, 234)  hsl(196, 76%, 66%)  Sky Blue
#66ea8a  rgb(102, 234, 138)  hsl(136, 76%, 66%)  Light Green
#8a66ea  rgb(138, 102, 234)  hsl(256, 76%, 66%)  Medium Slate Blue