#ef9f91

Color #ef9f91

A vivid, highly saturated light red.

Closest named color Dark Salmon #e9967a · ΔE 8.76 Nearest Tailwind class red-300 #ffa2a2 · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#ef9f91

RGB

rgb(239, 159, 145)

HSL

hsl(8.9, 74.6%, 75.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(8.9, 39.3%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 39.3%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(73.02, 28.11, 19.54)

LCH

lch(73.02, 34.23, 34.8)

OKLCH

oklch(77.8%, 0.0984, 30.34)

HWB

hwb(8.9, 56.9%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#91e1ef

Analogous

#ef91b2

#ef9f91

#efce91

Triadic

#ef9f91

#91ef9f

#9f91ef

Split-complementary

#ef9f91

#91efce

#91b2ef

Tetradic

#ef9f91

#e1ef91

#91e1ef

#9f91ef

Square

#ef9f91

#b2ef91

#91e1ef

#ce91ef

Shades

Color #ef9f91 mixed toward black.

#e76e59

#df3d21

#a82e18

#701e10

#380f08

Tints

Color #ef9f91 mixed toward white.

#f2afa3

#f4bfb6

#f7cfc8

#fadfda

#fcefed

Tones

Color #ef9f91 mixed toward gray.

#e7a499

#dfaaa1

#d8afa9

#d0b5b0

#c8bbb8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.09:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.04:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d1d195 · ΔE 31.7

Deuteranopia

#d6db95 · ΔE 34.6

Tritanopia

#ec9798 · ΔE 5.6

Achromatopsia

#b3b3b3 · ΔE 21.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ef9f91;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ef9f91]

Related colors

Tomato #ff6347

Salmon #fa8072

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Frequently asked questions

#ef9f91 (#ef9f91) is rgb(239, 159, 145) in RGB.

No, #ef9f91 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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