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#EA9986

#ea9986 ≈ Dark Salmon

  • pink
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ea9986 is a color from the pink family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 60% green and 52.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 34.62% magenta, 42.74% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 11.4°, with 70.42% saturation and 72.16% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with tenderness, care and sweetness. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, weddings and celebrations and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.4:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Salmon (#e9967a), ΔE 3.15.

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Web safe#ff9999
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Relative luminance0.42

Complementary

  1. #ea9986
  2. #86d7ea

Split complementary

  1. #ea9986
  2. #86eacb
  3. #86a5ea

Analogous

  1. #ea86a5
  2. #ea9986
  3. #eacb86

Triadic

  1. #ea9986
  2. #86ea99
  3. #9986ea

Tetradic

  1. #ea9986
  2. #d7ea86
  3. #86d7ea
  4. #9986ea

Square

  1. #ea9986
  2. #a5ea86
  3. #86d7ea
  4. #cb86ea

Monochromatic

  1. #b73d20
  2. #df6245
  3. #ea9986
  4. #f5d0c7
  5. #fcf0ee

Shades

#ea9986 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ea9986
  2. #d38a79
  3. #bb7a6b
  4. #a46b5e
  5. #8c5c50
  6. #754d43
  7. #5e3d36
  8. #462e28
  9. #2f1f1b
  10. #170f0d
  11. #000000

Tints

#ea9986 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ea9986
  2. #eca392
  3. #eead9e
  4. #f0b8aa
  5. #f2c2b6
  6. #f5ccc3
  7. #f7d6cf
  8. #f9e0db
  9. #fbebe7
  10. #fdf5f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ea9986 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ea9986
  2. #df9785
  3. #d59485
  4. #ca9284
  5. #c08f84
  6. #b58d83
  7. #aa8a82
  8. #a08882
  9. #958581
  10. #8b8381
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9a69f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aca384 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bfb485 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fb8d94 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c89f85 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d2aa85 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f4928f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ea9986 {
  color: #ea9986;
}
Background
.bg-ea9986 {
  background-color: #ea9986;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ea9986 {
  border: 2px solid #ea9986;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ea9986;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 153 134;
  --color-primary-hsl: 11 70% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ea9986 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ea9986, #eacb86);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ea9986 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 153 134 / 0.35);
}

#e9967a Dark Salmon ΔE 3.15 #ffa089 Vivid Tangerine ΔE 3.83 #ffa07a Light Salmon ΔE 6.52 #fa8072 Salmon ΔE 7.17 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 8.31 #f08080 Light Coral ΔE 8.63 #fdbcb4 Melon ΔE 9.53 #156679 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Dark Salmon
#ea9986  rgb(234, 153, 134)  hsl(11, 70%, 72%)  Dark Salmon
#86d7ea  rgb(134, 215, 234)  hsl(191, 70%, 72%)  Non-Photo Blue
#86ea99  rgb(134, 234, 153)  hsl(131, 70%, 72%)  Light Green
#9986ea  rgb(153, 134, 234)  hsl(251, 70%, 72%)  Medium Purple