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#EF798E

#ef798e ≈ Salmon Pink

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ef798e is a color from the red family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.73% red, 47.45% green and 55.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 49.37% magenta, 40.59% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 349.32°, with 78.67% saturation and 70.59% 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 7.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Salmon Pink (#ff91a4), ΔE 5.99.

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Web safe#ff6699
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Relative luminance0.3398

Complementary

  1. #ef798e
  2. #79efda

Split complementary

  1. #ef798e
  2. #79ef9f
  3. #79c9ef

Analogous

  1. #ef79c9
  2. #ef798e
  3. #ef9f79

Triadic

  1. #ef798e
  2. #8eef79
  3. #798eef

Tetradic

  1. #ef798e
  2. #efda79
  3. #79efda
  4. #798eef

Square

  1. #ef798e
  2. #c9ef79
  3. #79efda
  4. #9f79ef

Monochromatic

  1. #b91633
  2. #e73554
  3. #ef798e
  4. #f7bdc8
  5. #fdedf0

Shades

#ef798e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ef798e
  2. #d76d80
  3. #bf6172
  4. #a75563
  5. #8f4955
  6. #783d47
  7. #603039
  8. #48242b
  9. #30181c
  10. #180c0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#ef798e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ef798e
  2. #f18699
  3. #f294a5
  4. #f4a1b0
  5. #f5afbb
  6. #f7bcc7
  7. #f9c9d2
  8. #fad7dd
  9. #fce4e8
  10. #fdf2f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ef798e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ef798e
  2. #e47a8d
  3. #d97a8b
  4. #ce7b8a
  5. #c37c88
  6. #b87d87
  7. #ac7d86
  8. #a17e84
  9. #967f83
  10. #8b7f81
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c49098 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #908f8e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ada68b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff6c81 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bd878e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cb968c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fa7186 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ef798e {
  color: #ef798e;
}
Background
.bg-ef798e {
  background-color: #ef798e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ef798e {
  border: 2px solid #ef798e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ef798e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 239 121 142;
  --color-primary-hsl: 349 79% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ef798e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ef798e, #ef9f79);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ef798e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(239 121 142 / 0.35);
}

#ff91a4 Salmon Pink ΔE 5.99 #f08080 Light Coral ΔE 6.28 #db7093 Pale Violet Red ΔE 6.29 #fc8eac Flamingo Pink ΔE 6.49 #de5d83 Blush ΔE 7.73 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 8.08 #de6fa1 Thulian Pink ΔE 9.13 #108671 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Salmon Pink
#ef798e  rgb(239, 121, 142)  hsl(349, 79%, 71%)  Salmon Pink
#79efda  rgb(121, 239, 218)  hsl(169, 79%, 71%)  Turquoise
#8eef79  rgb(142, 239, 121)  hsl(109, 79%, 71%)  Light Green
#798eef  rgb(121, 142, 239)  hsl(229, 79%, 71%)  Cornflower Blue