#e5a899

Color #e5a899

A moderately saturated light red.

Closest named color Dark Salmon #e9967a · ΔE 14.2 Nearest Tailwind class red-300 #ffa2a2 · ΔE 8

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Conversions

HEX

#e5a899

RGB

rgb(229, 168, 153)

HSL

hsl(11.8, 59.4%, 74.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(11.8, 33.2%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 33.2%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(74.17, 20.46, 16.59)

LCH

lch(74.17, 26.34, 39.04)

OKLCH

oklch(78.5%, 0.0756, 34.28)

HWB

hwb(11.8, 60%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#99d6e5

Analogous

#e599b0

#e5a899

#e5ce99

Triadic

#e5a899

#99e5a8

#a899e5

Split-complementary

#e5a899

#99e5ce

#99b0e5

Tetradic

#e5a899

#d6e599

#99d6e5

#a899e5

Square

#e5a899

#b0e599

#99d6e5

#ce99e5

Shades

Color #e5a899 mixed toward black.

#d87d66

#cb5134

#983d27

#65291a

#33140d

Tints

Color #e5a899 mixed toward white.

#e9b6aa

#eec5bb

#f2d3cc

#f6e2dd

#fbf0ee

Tones

Color #e5a899 mixed toward gray.

#dfac9f

#d8b0a6

#d2b3ac

#ccb7b2

#c5bbb9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.39:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.39:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cdcd9d · ΔE 26.9

Deuteranopia

#d1d59e · ΔE 28.9

Tritanopia

#e2a0a0 · ΔE 6.2

Achromatopsia

#b6b6b6 · ΔE 19.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e5a899;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e5a899]

Related colors

Tomato #ff6347

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Salmon #fa8072

Frequently asked questions

#e5a899 (#e5a899) is rgb(229, 168, 153) in RGB.

No, #e5a899 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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