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#EE8B76

#ee8b76 ≈ Salmon

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ee8b76 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 54.51% green and 46.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 41.6% magenta, 50.42% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 10.5°, with 77.92% saturation and 69.8% 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 8.59:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Salmon (#fa8072), ΔE 3.95.

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Web safe#ff9966
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Relative luminance0.3795

Complementary

  1. #ee8b76
  2. #76d9ee

Split complementary

  1. #ee8b76
  2. #76eec7
  3. #769dee

Analogous

  1. #ee769d
  2. #ee8b76
  3. #eec776

Triadic

  1. #ee8b76
  2. #76ee8b
  3. #8b76ee

Tetradic

  1. #ee8b76
  2. #d9ee76
  3. #76d9ee
  4. #8b76ee

Square

  1. #ee8b76
  2. #9dee76
  3. #76d9ee
  4. #c776ee

Monochromatic

  1. #b53216
  2. #e65132
  3. #ee8b76
  4. #f6c5ba
  5. #fdf0ed

Shades

#ee8b76 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ee8b76
  2. #d67d6a
  3. #be6f5e
  4. #a76153
  5. #8f5347
  6. #77463b
  7. #5f382f
  8. #472a23
  9. #301c18
  10. #180e0c
  11. #000000

Tints

#ee8b76 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ee8b76
  2. #f09784
  3. #f1a291
  4. #f3ae9f
  5. #f5b9ad
  6. #f7c5bb
  7. #f8d1c8
  8. #fadcd6
  9. #fce8e4
  10. #fdf3f1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ee8b76 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ee8b76
  2. #e38a77
  3. #d88978
  4. #cd8879
  5. #c2877a
  6. #b7867b
  7. #ac847c
  8. #a1837d
  9. #96827e
  10. #8b817f
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c79c95 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a39974 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bbae75 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff7c86 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c59475 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d1a175 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fa8280 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ee8b76 {
  color: #ee8b76;
}
Background
.bg-ee8b76 {
  background-color: #ee8b76;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ee8b76 {
  border: 2px solid #ee8b76;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ee8b76;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 139 118;
  --color-primary-hsl: 11 78% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ee8b76 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ee8b76, #eec776);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ee8b76 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 139 118 / 0.35);
}

#fa8072 Salmon ΔE 3.95 #e9967a Dark Salmon ΔE 4.17 #ffa089 Vivid Tangerine ΔE 5.42 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 6.51 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 6.71 #f08080 Light Coral ΔE 7.04 #e97451 Burnt Sienna ΔE 7.11 #117489 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Salmon
#ee8b76  rgb(238, 139, 118)  hsl(11, 78%, 70%)  Salmon
#76d9ee  rgb(118, 217, 238)  hsl(191, 78%, 70%)  Sky Blue
#76ee8b  rgb(118, 238, 139)  hsl(131, 78%, 70%)  Light Green
#8b76ee  rgb(139, 118, 238)  hsl(251, 78%, 70%)  Medium Purple