#e4988e

Color #e4988e

A moderately saturated light red.

Closest named color Dark Salmon #e9967a · ΔE 10.78 Nearest Tailwind class red-300 #ffa2a2 · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#e4988e

RGB

rgb(228, 152, 142)

HSL

hsl(7, 61.4%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(7, 37.7%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 37.7%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(70.11, 27.3, 16.97)

LCH

lch(70.11, 32.14, 31.87)

OKLCH

oklch(75.3%, 0.0934, 27.69)

HWB

hwb(7, 55.7%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8edae4

Analogous

#e48eaf

#e4988e

#e4c38e

Triadic

#e4988e

#8ee498

#988ee4

Split-complementary

#e4988e

#8ee4c3

#8eafe4

Tetradic

#e4988e

#dae48e

#8edae4

#988ee4

Square

#e4988e

#afe48e

#8edae4

#c38ee4

Shades

Color #e4988e mixed toward black.

#d86b5c

#c74130

#953124

#632118

#32100c

Tints

Color #e4988e mixed toward white.

#e8a9a1

#edbab4

#f1cbc6

#f6ddd9

#faeeec

Tones

Color #e4988e mixed toward gray.

#dd9d95

#d6a39c

#cea8a3

#c7aeab

#c0b3b2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.18:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c8c791 · ΔE 31

Deuteranopia

#ccd191 · ΔE 34.3

Tritanopia

#e19293 · ΔE 4.2

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 21.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #e4988e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e4988e]

Related colors

Salmon #fa8072

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Tomato #ff6347

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Frequently asked questions

#e4988e (#e4988e) is rgb(228, 152, 142) in RGB.

No, #e4988e 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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