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#EA8A78

#ea8a78 ≈ Salmon

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ea8a78 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 54.12% green and 47.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 41.03% magenta, 48.72% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 9.47°, with 73.08% saturation and 69.41% 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 8.41:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Salmon (#fa8072), ΔE 3.88.

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Relative luminance0.3703

Complementary

  1. #ea8a78
  2. #78d8ea

Split complementary

  1. #ea8a78
  2. #78eac3
  3. #789fea

Analogous

  1. #ea789f
  2. #ea8a78
  3. #eac378

Triadic

  1. #ea8a78
  2. #78ea8a
  3. #8a78ea

Tetradic

  1. #ea8a78
  2. #d8ea78
  3. #78d8ea
  4. #8a78ea

Square

  1. #ea8a78
  2. #9fea78
  3. #78d8ea
  4. #c378ea

Monochromatic

  1. #ae321b
  2. #e05136
  3. #ea8a78
  4. #f4c3ba
  5. #fcf0ed

Shades

#ea8a78 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ea8a78
  2. #d37c6c
  3. #bb6e60
  4. #a46154
  5. #8c5348
  6. #75453c
  7. #5e3730
  8. #462924
  9. #2f1c18
  10. #170e0c
  11. #000000

Tints

#ea8a78 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ea8a78
  2. #ec9686
  3. #eea193
  4. #f0ada1
  5. #f2b9ae
  6. #f5c5bc
  7. #f7d0c9
  8. #f9dcd7
  9. #fbe8e4
  10. #fdf3f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ea8a78 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ea8a78
  2. #df8979
  3. #d5887a
  4. #ca877a
  5. #c0867b
  6. #b5857c
  7. #aa847d
  8. #a0837e
  9. #95827e
  10. #8b817f
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c49a94 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a19876 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8ac77 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fd7b86 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c29277 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ce9f77 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f58280 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ea8a78 {
  color: #ea8a78;
}
Background
.bg-ea8a78 {
  background-color: #ea8a78;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ea8a78 {
  border: 2px solid #ea8a78;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ea8a78;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 138 120;
  --color-primary-hsl: 9 73% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ea8a78 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ea8a78, #eac378);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ea8a78 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 138 120 / 0.35);
}

#fa8072 Salmon ΔE 3.88 #e9967a Dark Salmon ΔE 4.77 #ffa089 Vivid Tangerine ΔE 6.05 #f08080 Light Coral ΔE 6.16 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 6.40 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 6.85 #e97451 Burnt Sienna ΔE 7.54 #157587 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Salmon
#ea8a78  rgb(234, 138, 120)  hsl(9, 73%, 69%)  Salmon
#78d8ea  rgb(120, 216, 234)  hsl(189, 73%, 69%)  Non-Photo Blue
#78ea8a  rgb(120, 234, 138)  hsl(129, 73%, 69%)  Light Green
#8a78ea  rgb(138, 120, 234)  hsl(249, 73%, 69%)  Medium Purple