#e3a697

Color #e3a697

A moderately saturated light red.

Closest named color Dark Salmon #e9967a · ΔE 13.93 Nearest Tailwind class red-300 #ffa2a2 · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#e3a697

RGB

rgb(227, 166, 151)

HSL

hsl(11.8, 57.6%, 74.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(11.8, 33.5%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 26.9%, 33.5%, 11%)

LAB

lab(73.44, 20.51, 16.64)

LCH

lch(73.44, 26.41, 39.05)

OKLCH

oklch(77.9%, 0.0759, 34.26)

HWB

hwb(11.8, 59.2%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97d4e3

Analogous

#e397ae

#e3a697

#e3cc97

Triadic

#e3a697

#97e3a6

#a697e3

Split-complementary

#e3a697

#97e3cc

#97aee3

Tetradic

#e3a697

#d4e397

#97d4e3

#a697e3

Square

#e3a697

#aee397

#97d4e3

#cc97e3

Shades

Color #e3a697 mixed toward black.

#d67b65

#c75235

#953d28

#63291b

#32140d

Tints

Color #e3a697 mixed toward white.

#e8b5a8

#ecc4ba

#f1d2cb

#f6e1dc

#faf0ee

Tones

Color #e3a697 mixed toward gray.

#ddaa9d

#d6aea4

#d0b1aa

#cab5b0

#c3b9b7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.17:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.17:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cccb9b · ΔE 26.6

Deuteranopia

#cfd39c · ΔE 28.9

Tritanopia

#e09e9e · ΔE 6.2

Achromatopsia

#b4b4b4 · ΔE 19.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e3a697;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e3a697]

Related colors

Tomato #ff6347

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Salmon #fa8072

Frequently asked questions

#e3a697 (#e3a697) is rgb(227, 166, 151) in RGB.

No, #e3a697 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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