#e9988e

Color #e9988e

A moderately saturated light red.

Closest named color Dark Salmon #e9967a · ΔE 9.94 Nearest Tailwind class red-300 #ffa2a2 · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#e9988e

RGB

rgb(233, 152, 142)

HSL

hsl(6.6, 67.4%, 73.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(6.6, 39.1%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 34.8%, 39.1%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(70.69, 29.2, 17.86)

LCH

lch(70.69, 34.23, 31.45)

OKLCH

oklch(75.8%, 0.0994, 27.31)

HWB

hwb(6.6, 55.7%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8edfe9

Analogous

#e98eb1

#e9988e

#e9c58e

Triadic

#e9988e

#8ee998

#988ee9

Split-complementary

#e9988e

#8ee9c5

#8eb1e9

Tetradic

#e9988e

#dfe98e

#8edfe9

#988ee9

Square

#e9988e

#b1e98e

#8edfe9

#c58ee9

Shades

Color #e9988e mixed toward black.

#df685a

#d13b29

#9d2c1f

#691e14

#340f0a

Tints

Color #e9988e mixed toward white.

#eda9a1

#f0bab4

#f4cbc6

#f8ddd9

#fbeeec

Tones

Color #e9988e mixed toward gray.

#e19e95

#daa49d

#d2aaa5

#cbb0ac

#c3b6b4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.35:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.35:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cbca91 · ΔE 32.2

Deuteranopia

#cfd591 · ΔE 35.9

Tritanopia

#e69293 · ΔE 4.1

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 22.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e9988e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e9988e]

Related colors

Salmon #fa8072

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Tomato #ff6347

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Frequently asked questions

#e9988e (#e9988e) is rgb(233, 152, 142) in RGB.

No, #e9988e 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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