#e3aa9e

Color #e3aa9e

A moderately saturated light red.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 13.58 Nearest Tailwind class red-300 #ffa2a2 · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#e3aa9e

RGB

rgb(227, 170, 158)

HSL

hsl(10.4, 55.2%, 75.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(10.4, 30.4%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 25.1%, 30.4%, 11%)

LAB

lab(74.54, 19.27, 14.35)

LCH

lch(74.54, 24.03, 36.67)

OKLCH

oklch(78.8%, 0.0698, 32.12)

HWB

hwb(10.4, 62%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ed7e3

Analogous

#e39eb5

#e3aa9e

#e3cc9e

Triadic

#e3aa9e

#9ee3aa

#aa9ee3

Split-complementary

#e3aa9e

#9ee3cc

#9eb5e3

Tetradic

#e3aa9e

#d7e39e

#9ed7e3

#aa9ee3

Square

#e3aa9e

#b5e39e

#9ed7e3

#cc9ee3

Shades

Color #e3aa9e mixed toward black.

#d57e6c

#c6533a

#953e2b

#64291d

#32150e

Tints

Color #e3aa9e mixed toward white.

#e8b8ae

#ecc6be

#f1d4cf

#f6e3df

#faf1ef

Tones

Color #e3aa9e mixed toward gray.

#ddaea4

#d8b2aa

#d2b5af

#ccb9b5

#c6bdbb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.51:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.51:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cdcca1 · ΔE 26.3

Deuteranopia

#d0d4a2 · ΔE 28.7

Tritanopia

#e1a3a4 · ΔE 5.4

Achromatopsia

#b7b7b7 · ΔE 18.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e3aa9e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e3aa9e]

Related colors

Tomato #ff6347

Salmon #fa8072

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Frequently asked questions

#e3aa9e (#e3aa9e) is rgb(227, 170, 158) in RGB.

No, #e3aa9e 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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