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#EA9C8A

#ea9c8a ≈ Dark Salmon

  • pink
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ea9c8a is a color from the pink family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 61.18% green and 54.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 33.33% magenta, 41.03% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 11.25°, with 69.57% saturation and 72.94% 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 9.62:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Salmon (#e9967a), ΔE 3.7.

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Relative luminance0.431

Complementary

  1. #ea9c8a
  2. #8ad8ea

Split complementary

  1. #ea9c8a
  2. #8aeacc
  3. #8aa8ea

Analogous

  1. #ea8aa8
  2. #ea9c8a
  3. #eacc8a

Triadic

  1. #ea9c8a
  2. #8aea9c
  3. #9c8aea

Tetradic

  1. #ea9c8a
  2. #d8ea8a
  3. #8ad8ea
  4. #9c8aea

Square

  1. #ea9c8a
  2. #a8ea8a
  3. #8ad8ea
  4. #cc8aea

Monochromatic

  1. #ba3e21
  2. #de6549
  3. #ea9c8a
  4. #f6d3cb
  5. #fcf0ee

Shades

#ea9c8a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ea9c8a
  2. #d38c7c
  3. #bb7d6e
  4. #a46d61
  5. #8c5e53
  6. #754e45
  7. #5e3e37
  8. #462f29
  9. #2f1f1c
  10. #17100e
  11. #000000

Tints

#ea9c8a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ea9c8a
  2. #eca696
  3. #eeb0a1
  4. #f0baad
  5. #f2c4b9
  6. #f5cec5
  7. #f7d7d0
  8. #f9e1dc
  9. #fbebe8
  10. #fdf5f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ea9c8a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ea9c8a
  2. #df9989
  3. #d59688
  4. #ca9487
  5. #c09186
  6. #b58e85
  7. #aa8b84
  8. #a08883
  9. #958682
  10. #8b8381
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #caa8a2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aea689 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c1b689 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fb9197 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c9a289 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d2ac89 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f49592 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ea9c8a {
  color: #ea9c8a;
}
Background
.bg-ea9c8a {
  background-color: #ea9c8a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ea9c8a {
  border: 2px solid #ea9c8a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ea9c8a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 156 138;
  --color-primary-hsl: 11 70% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ea9c8a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ea9c8a, #eacc8a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ea9c8a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 156 138 / 0.35);
}

#e9967a Dark Salmon ΔE 3.70 #ffa089 Vivid Tangerine ΔE 3.86 #ffa07a Light Salmon ΔE 6.73 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 7.64 #fa8072 Salmon ΔE 7.84 #fdbcb4 Melon ΔE 8.72 #f08080 Light Coral ΔE 9.00 #156375 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Dark Salmon
#ea9c8a  rgb(234, 156, 138)  hsl(11, 70%, 73%)  Dark Salmon
#8ad8ea  rgb(138, 216, 234)  hsl(191, 70%, 73%)  Non-Photo Blue
#8aea9c  rgb(138, 234, 156)  hsl(131, 70%, 73%)  Light Green
#9c8aea  rgb(156, 138, 234)  hsl(251, 70%, 73%)  Medium Purple