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#ED866E

#ed866e ≈ Salmon

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ed866e is a color from the red family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.94% red, 52.55% green and 43.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 43.46% magenta, 53.59% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 11.34°, with 77.91% saturation and 68.04% 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 8.24:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Salmon (#fa8072), ΔE 4.09.

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Web safe#ff9966
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Relative luminance0.3618

Complementary

  1. #ed866e
  2. #6ed5ed

Split complementary

  1. #ed866e
  2. #6eedc6
  3. #6e96ed

Analogous

  1. #ed6e96
  2. #ed866e
  3. #edc66e

Triadic

  1. #ed866e
  2. #6eed86
  3. #866eed

Tetradic

  1. #ed866e
  2. #d5ed6e
  3. #6ed5ed
  4. #866eed

Square

  1. #ed866e
  2. #96ed6e
  3. #6ed5ed
  4. #c66eed

Monochromatic

  1. #ad3215
  2. #e54d2a
  3. #ed866e
  4. #f5bfb2
  5. #fdf0ed

Shades

#ed866e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ed866e
  2. #d57963
  3. #be6b58
  4. #a65e4d
  5. #8e5042
  6. #774337
  7. #5f362c
  8. #472821
  9. #2f1b16
  10. #180d0b
  11. #000000

Tints

#ed866e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ed866e
  2. #ef927d
  3. #f19e8b
  4. #f2aa9a
  5. #f4b6a8
  6. #f6c3b7
  7. #f8cfc5
  8. #fadbd4
  9. #fbe7e2
  10. #fdf3f1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ed866e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ed866e
  2. #e28570
  3. #d78572
  4. #cc8473
  5. #c18475
  6. #b78377
  7. #ac8279
  8. #a1827b
  9. #96817c
  10. #8b817e
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c59890 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9f956c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8ab6c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff7580 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c38f6d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cf9d6d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f97c79 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ed866e {
  color: #ed866e;
}
Background
.bg-ed866e {
  background-color: #ed866e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ed866e {
  border: 2px solid #ed866e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ed866e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 237 134 110;
  --color-primary-hsl: 11 78% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ed866e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ed866e, #edc66e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ed866e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(237 134 110 / 0.35);
}

#fa8072 Salmon ΔE 4.09 #e9967a Dark Salmon ΔE 4.68 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 5.22 #e97451 Burnt Sienna ΔE 5.53 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 5.89 #ffa089 Vivid Tangerine ΔE 6.60 #ff7f50 Coral ΔE 6.70 #127991 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Salmon
#ed866e  rgb(237, 134, 110)  hsl(11, 78%, 68%)  Salmon
#6ed5ed  rgb(110, 213, 237)  hsl(191, 78%, 68%)  Sky Blue
#6eed86  rgb(110, 237, 134)  hsl(131, 78%, 68%)  Light Green
#866eed  rgb(134, 110, 237)  hsl(251, 78%, 68%)  Medium Slate Blue