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#EA8D7C

#ea8d7c ≈ Salmon

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ea8d7c is a color from the red family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 55.29% green and 48.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 39.74% magenta, 47.01% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 9.27°, with 72.37% saturation and 70.2% 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 8.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Salmon (#fa8072), ΔE 4.34.

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Relative luminance0.38

Complementary

  1. #ea8d7c
  2. #7cd9ea

Split complementary

  1. #ea8d7c
  2. #7ceac4
  3. #7ca2ea

Analogous

  1. #ea7ca2
  2. #ea8d7c
  3. #eac47c

Triadic

  1. #ea8d7c
  2. #7cea8d
  3. #8d7cea

Tetradic

  1. #ea8d7c
  2. #d9ea7c
  3. #7cd9ea
  4. #8d7cea

Square

  1. #ea8d7c
  2. #a2ea7c
  3. #7cd9ea
  4. #c47cea

Monochromatic

  1. #b1331c
  2. #df543a
  3. #ea8d7c
  4. #f5c6be
  5. #fcf0ed

Shades

#ea8d7c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ea8d7c
  2. #d37f70
  3. #bb7163
  4. #a46357
  5. #8c554a
  6. #75473e
  7. #5e3832
  8. #462a25
  9. #2f1c19
  10. #170e0c
  11. #000000

Tints

#ea8d7c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ea8d7c
  2. #ec9889
  3. #eea496
  4. #f0afa3
  5. #f2bbb0
  6. #f5c6be
  7. #f7d1cb
  8. #f9ddd8
  9. #fbe8e5
  10. #fdf4f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ea8d7c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ea8d7c
  2. #df8c7c
  3. #d58a7d
  4. #ca897d
  5. #c0887e
  6. #b5877e
  7. #aa857e
  8. #a0847f
  9. #95837f
  10. #8b8180
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c59c97 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a39a7a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9ad7b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fc7f89 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c3957b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cea17b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f58584 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ea8d7c {
  color: #ea8d7c;
}
Background
.bg-ea8d7c {
  background-color: #ea8d7c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ea8d7c {
  border: 2px solid #ea8d7c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ea8d7c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 141 124;
  --color-primary-hsl: 9 72% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ea8d7c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ea8d7c, #eac47c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ea8d7c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 141 124 / 0.35);
}

#fa8072 Salmon ΔE 4.34 #e9967a Dark Salmon ΔE 4.57 #ffa089 Vivid Tangerine ΔE 5.56 #f08080 Light Coral ΔE 6.15 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 7.21 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 7.56 #ffa07a Light Salmon ΔE 8.23 #157283 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Salmon
#ea8d7c  rgb(234, 141, 124)  hsl(9, 72%, 70%)  Salmon
#7cd9ea  rgb(124, 217, 234)  hsl(189, 72%, 70%)  Non-Photo Blue
#7cea8d  rgb(124, 234, 141)  hsl(129, 72%, 70%)  Light Green
#8d7cea  rgb(141, 124, 234)  hsl(249, 72%, 70%)  Medium Purple