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#EE876F

#ee876f ≈ Salmon

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ee876f is a color from the red family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 52.94% green and 43.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 43.28% magenta, 53.36% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 11.34°, with 78.88% saturation and 68.43% 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 8.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Salmon (#fa8072), ΔE 4.07.

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Web safe#ff9966
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Relative luminance0.3665

Complementary

  1. #ee876f
  2. #6fd6ee

Split complementary

  1. #ee876f
  2. #6feec6
  3. #6f96ee

Analogous

  1. #ee6f96
  2. #ee876f
  3. #eec66f

Triadic

  1. #ee876f
  2. #6fee87
  3. #876fee

Tetradic

  1. #ee876f
  2. #d6ee6f
  3. #6fd6ee
  4. #876fee

Square

  1. #ee876f
  2. #96ee6f
  3. #6fd6ee
  4. #c66fee

Monochromatic

  1. #af3215
  2. #e64e2b
  3. #ee876f
  4. #f6c0b3
  5. #fdf0ed

Shades

#ee876f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ee876f
  2. #d67a64
  3. #be6c59
  4. #a75f4e
  5. #8f5143
  6. #774438
  7. #5f362c
  8. #472921
  9. #301b16
  10. #180e0b
  11. #000000

Tints

#ee876f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ee876f
  2. #f0937d
  3. #f19f8c
  4. #f3ab9a
  5. #f5b7a9
  6. #f7c3b7
  7. #f8cfc5
  8. #fadbd4
  9. #fce7e2
  10. #fdf3f1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ee876f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ee876f
  2. #e38671
  3. #d88672
  4. #cd8574
  5. #c28476
  6. #b78478
  7. #ac8379
  8. #a1827b
  9. #96817d
  10. #8b817e
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c69991 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a0966d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9ac6d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff7681 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c4906e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d09e6e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fa7d7a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ee876f {
  color: #ee876f;
}
Background
.bg-ee876f {
  background-color: #ee876f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ee876f {
  border: 2px solid #ee876f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ee876f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 135 111;
  --color-primary-hsl: 11 79% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ee876f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ee876f, #eec66f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ee876f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 135 111 / 0.35);
}

#fa8072 Salmon ΔE 4.07 #e9967a Dark Salmon ΔE 4.52 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 5.50 #e97451 Burnt Sienna ΔE 5.75 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 6.00 #ffa089 Vivid Tangerine ΔE 6.32 #ff7f50 Coral ΔE 6.71 #117890 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Salmon
#ee876f  rgb(238, 135, 111)  hsl(11, 79%, 68%)  Salmon
#6fd6ee  rgb(111, 214, 238)  hsl(191, 79%, 68%)  Sky Blue
#6fee87  rgb(111, 238, 135)  hsl(131, 79%, 68%)  Light Green
#876fee  rgb(135, 111, 238)  hsl(251, 79%, 68%)  Medium Slate Blue