#ec9571

Color #ec9571

A vivid, highly saturated light orange.

Closest named color Dark Salmon #e9967a · ΔE 5.01 Nearest Tailwind class orange-500 #ff6900 · ΔE 13.2

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Conversions

HEX

#ec9571

RGB

rgb(236, 149, 113)

HSL

hsl(17.6, 76.4%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(17.6, 52.1%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 36.9%, 52.1%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(69.84, 29.06, 32.64)

LCH

lch(69.84, 43.7, 48.32)

OKLCH

oklch(75.1%, 0.1165, 43.09)

HWB

hwb(17.6, 44.3%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#71c8ec

Analogous

#ec718a

#ec9571

#ecd371

Triadic

#ec9571

#71ec95

#9571ec

Split-complementary

#ec9571

#71ecd3

#718aec

Tetradic

#ec9571

#c8ec71

#71c8ec

#9571ec

Square

#ec9571

#8aec71

#71c8ec

#d371ec

Shades

Color #ec9571 mixed toward black.

#e56f3e

#cd501b

#9a3c15

#67280e

#331407

Tints

Color #ec9571 mixed toward white.

#efa789

#f2b8a0

#f5cab8

#f9dcd0

#fcede7

Tones

Color #ec9571 mixed toward gray.

#e2997b

#d79d85

#cda290

#c3a69a

#b9aaa4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.1:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.1:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cccc7b · ΔE 31.4

Deuteranopia

#d1d77d · ΔE 34.4

Tritanopia

#e98284 · ΔE 13.4

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 23.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ec9571;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ec9571]

Related colors

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Orange Red #ff4500

Coral #ff7f50

Sienna #a0522d

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Seashell #fff5ee

Frequently asked questions

#ec9571 (#ec9571) is rgb(236, 149, 113) in RGB.

No, #ec9571 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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