#e9a096

Color #e9a096

A moderately saturated light red.

Closest named color Dark Salmon #e9967a · ΔE 12.06 Nearest Tailwind class red-300 #ffa2a2 · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#e9a096

RGB

rgb(233, 160, 150)

HSL

hsl(7.2, 65.4%, 75.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(7.2, 35.6%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 31.3%, 35.6%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(72.67, 25.89, 16.21)

LCH

lch(72.67, 30.55, 32.05)

OKLCH

oklch(77.4%, 0.0889, 27.89)

HWB

hwb(7.2, 58.8%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#96dfe9

Analogous

#e996b6

#e9a096

#e9c996

Triadic

#e9a096

#96e9a0

#a096e9

Split-complementary

#e9a096

#96e9c9

#96b6e9

Tetradic

#e9a096

#dfe996

#96dfe9

#a096e9

Square

#e9a096

#b6e996

#96dfe9

#c996e9

Shades

Color #e9a096 mixed toward black.

#de7061

#d3402c

#9e3021

#6a2016

#35100b

Tints

Color #e9a096 mixed toward white.

#edb0a7

#f0c0b9

#f4cfca

#f8dfdc

#fbefed

Tones

Color #e9a096 mixed toward gray.

#e2a59d

#dbaaa4

#d4b0ab

#cdb5b2

#c6bab9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.93:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cecd98 · ΔE 30.3

Deuteranopia

#d2d699 · ΔE 33

Tritanopia

#e69a9b · ΔE 4.3

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 21.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e9a096;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e9a096]

Related colors

Salmon #fa8072

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Tomato #ff6347

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Frequently asked questions

#e9a096 (#e9a096) is rgb(233, 160, 150) in RGB.

No, #e9a096 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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