#e8978a

Color #e8978a

A moderately saturated light red.

Closest named color Dark Salmon #e9967a · ΔE 8.29 Nearest Tailwind class red-300 #ffa2a2 · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#e8978a

RGB

rgb(232, 151, 138)

HSL

hsl(8.3, 67.1%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(8.3, 40.5%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 34.9%, 40.5%, 9%)

LAB

lab(70.27, 28.91, 19.46)

LCH

lch(70.27, 34.85, 33.95)

OKLCH

oklch(75.5%, 0.1002, 29.53)

HWB

hwb(8.3, 54.1%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8adbe8

Analogous

#e88aac

#e8978a

#e8c68a

Triadic

#e8978a

#8ae897

#978ae8

Split-complementary

#e8978a

#8ae8c6

#8aace8

Tetradic

#e8978a

#dbe88a

#8adbe8

#978ae8

Square

#e8978a

#ace88a

#8adbe8

#c68ae8

Shades

Color #e8978a mixed toward black.

#de6956

#ce3f29

#9a301e

#672014

#33100a

Tints

Color #e8978a mixed toward white.

#eca89d

#f0bab1

#f3cbc4

#f7dcd8

#fbeeeb

Tones

Color #e8978a mixed toward gray.

#e09d92

#d8a29a

#d0a8a1

#c9aea9

#c1b3b1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.22:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cac98d · ΔE 31.9

Deuteranopia

#ced48e · ΔE 35.5

Tritanopia

#e59090 · ΔE 4.9

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 22.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #e8978a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e8978a]

Related colors

Tomato #ff6347

Salmon #fa8072

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Frequently asked questions

#e8978a (#e8978a) is rgb(232, 151, 138) in RGB.

No, #e8978a 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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