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#EA976C

#ea976c ≈ Light Salmon

  • orange
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ea976c is a color from the orange family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 59.22% green and 42.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 35.47% magenta, 53.85% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 20.48°, with 75% saturation and 67.06% 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 9.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Salmon (#ffa07a), ΔE 4.65.

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Web safe#ff9966
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Relative luminance0.4071

Complementary

  1. #ea976c
  2. #6cbfea

Split complementary

  1. #ea976c
  2. #6cead6
  3. #6c80ea

Analogous

  1. #ea6c80
  2. #ea976c
  3. #ead66c

Triadic

  1. #ea976c
  2. #6cea97
  3. #976cea

Tetradic

  1. #ea976c
  2. #bfea6c
  3. #6cbfea
  4. #976cea

Square

  1. #ea976c
  2. #80ea6c
  3. #6cbfea
  4. #d66cea

Monochromatic

  1. #a54818
  2. #e06829
  3. #ea976c
  4. #f4c6af
  5. #fcf2ed

Shades

#ea976c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ea976c
  2. #d38861
  3. #bb7956
  4. #a46a4c
  5. #8c5b41
  6. #754c36
  7. #5e3c2b
  8. #462d20
  9. #2f1e16
  10. #170f0b
  11. #000000

Tints

#ea976c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ea976c
  2. #eca17b
  3. #eeac89
  4. #f0b698
  5. #f2c1a7
  6. #f5cbb6
  7. #f7d5c4
  8. #f9e0d3
  9. #fbeae2
  10. #fdf5f0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ea976c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ea976c
  2. #df956e
  3. #d59270
  4. #ca9072
  5. #c08e74
  6. #b58c76
  7. #aa8978
  8. #a0877a
  9. #95857c
  10. #8b827e
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c7a396 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ada068 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c1b26c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fd888c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c99d6a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d3a86c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f68e81 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ea976c {
  color: #ea976c;
}
Background
.bg-ea976c {
  background-color: #ea976c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ea976c {
  border: 2px solid #ea976c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ea976c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 151 108;
  --color-primary-hsl: 20 75% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ea976c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ea976c, #ead66c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ea976c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 151 108 / 0.35);
}

#ffa07a Light Salmon ΔE 4.65 #e9967a Dark Salmon ΔE 4.66 #d68a59 Raw Sienna ΔE 5.20 #d99058 Persian Orange ΔE 5.74 #deaa88 Tumbleweed ΔE 7.21 #ff8243 Mango Tango ΔE 7.31 #f4a460 Sandy Brown ΔE 7.40 #156893 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Light Salmon
#ea976c  rgb(234, 151, 108)  hsl(20, 75%, 67%)  Light Salmon
#6cbfea  rgb(108, 191, 234)  hsl(200, 75%, 67%)  Maya Blue
#6cea97  rgb(108, 234, 151)  hsl(140, 75%, 67%)  Light Green
#976cea  rgb(151, 108, 234)  hsl(260, 75%, 67%)  Medium Purple