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#E8A080

#e8a080 ≈ Dark Salmon

  • orange
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e8a080 is a color from the orange family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.98% red, 62.75% green and 50.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 31.03% magenta, 44.83% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 18.46°, with 69.33% saturation and 70.59% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with enthusiasm, warmth and creativity. Designers typically use it for call-to-action buttons, food and restaurant brands and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.77:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Salmon (#e9967a), ΔE 3.43.

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Relative luminance0.4386

Complementary

  1. #e8a080
  2. #80c8e8

Split complementary

  1. #e8a080
  2. #80e8d4
  3. #8094e8

Analogous

  1. #e88094
  2. #e8a080
  3. #e8d480

Triadic

  1. #e8a080
  2. #80e8a0
  3. #a080e8

Tetradic

  1. #e8a080
  2. #c8e880
  3. #80c8e8
  4. #a080e8

Square

  1. #e8a080
  2. #94e880
  3. #80c8e8
  4. #d480e8

Monochromatic

  1. #af4c20
  2. #dc703f
  3. #e8a080
  4. #f4d0c1
  5. #fcf2ee

Shades

#e8a080 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e8a080
  2. #d19073
  3. #ba8066
  4. #a2705a
  5. #8b604d
  6. #745040
  7. #5d4033
  8. #463026
  9. #2e201a
  10. #17100d
  11. #000000

Tints

#e8a080 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e8a080
  2. #eaaa8d
  3. #edb399
  4. #efbda6
  5. #f1c6b3
  6. #f4d0c0
  7. #f6d9cc
  8. #f8e3d9
  9. #faece6
  10. #fdf6f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e8a080 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e8a080
  2. #de9d80
  3. #d39a80
  4. #c99680
  5. #be9380
  6. #b49080
  7. #aa8d80
  8. #9f8a80
  9. #958680
  10. #8a8380
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.15:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9aaa0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b3a87e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c4b780 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f99498 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #caa57f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d3ae80 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f2998f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e8a080 {
  color: #e8a080;
}
Background
.bg-e8a080 {
  background-color: #e8a080;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e8a080 {
  border: 2px solid #e8a080;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e8a080;
  --color-primary-rgb: 232 160 128;
  --color-primary-hsl: 18 69% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e8a080 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e8a080, #e8d480);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e8a080 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(232 160 128 / 0.35);
}

#e9967a Dark Salmon ΔE 3.43 #ffa07a Light Salmon ΔE 4.43 #deaa88 Tumbleweed ΔE 5.23 #ffa089 Vivid Tangerine ΔE 6.12 #d68a59 Raw Sienna ΔE 7.96 #d99058 Persian Orange ΔE 8.43 #f4a460 Sandy Brown ΔE 9.28 #175f7f Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Dark Salmon
#e8a080  rgb(232, 160, 128)  hsl(18, 69%, 71%)  Dark Salmon
#80c8e8  rgb(128, 200, 232)  hsl(198, 69%, 71%)  Sky Blue
#80e8a0  rgb(128, 232, 160)  hsl(138, 69%, 71%)  Light Green
#a080e8  rgb(160, 128, 232)  hsl(258, 69%, 71%)  Medium Purple