#ed8c9e

Color #ed8c9e

A vivid, highly saturated light red.

Closest named color Pale Violet Red #db7093 · ΔE 12.31 Nearest Tailwind class rose-300 #ffa1ad · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#ed8c9e

RGB

rgb(237, 140, 158)

HSL

hsl(348.9, 72.9%, 73.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(348.9, 40.9%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 40.9%, 33.3%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(68.92, 38.87, 6.53)

LCH

lch(68.92, 39.41, 9.54)

OKLCH

oklch(74.7%, 0.1192, 8.4)

HWB

hwb(348.9, 54.9%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8ceddb

Analogous

#ed8cce

#ed8c9e

#edaa8c

Triadic

#ed8c9e

#9eed8c

#8c9eed

Split-complementary

#ed8c9e

#8cedaa

#8cceed

Tetradic

#ed8c9e

#eddb8c

#8ceddb

#8c9eed

Square

#ed8c9e

#ceed8c

#8ceddb

#aa8ced

Shades

Color #ed8c9e mixed toward black.

#e45670

#d92244

#a31a33

#6d1122

#360911

Tints

Color #ed8c9e mixed toward white.

#f09fae

#f3b2be

#f6c5ce

#f9d9df

#fcecef

Tones

Color #ed8c9e mixed toward gray.

#e594a3

#dd9ca8

#d5a4ad

#cdacb2

#c5b4b7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.85:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.85:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#caca9a · ΔE 38.9

Deuteranopia

#d0d699 · ΔE 43.5

Tritanopia

#e99796 · ΔE 6.3

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 23.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ed8c9e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ed8c9e]

Related colors

Pink #ffc0cb

Crimson #dc143c

Light Pink #ffb6c1

Pale Violet Red #db7093

Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Frequently asked questions

#ed8c9e (#ed8c9e) is rgb(237, 140, 158) in RGB.

No, #ed8c9e 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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