#E2A092

A light, moderate red closely aligning with Darksalmon.

About #E2A092

Visually, #E2A092 is defined as a moderate red. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Darksalmon. In the RGB color space, it consists of 226 red, 160 green, and 146 blue.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 29% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 10.5 degrees, it sits comfortably in the red spectrum.

When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. Because it is a light color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#E2A092
RGB226, 160, 146
HSL10.5°, 58.0%, 72.9%
CMYK0%, 29%, 35%, 11%
HSV10.5°, 35.4%, 88.6%
LAB71.8, 22.7, 17.1
XYZ49.1, 43.4, 33.0
Decimal14852242

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.17:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
9.68:1
Text on #000000
AAA
2.07:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
8.23:1
Text on #0F172A
AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #E2A092; }
.text-color { color: #E2A092; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #E2A092; }

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Darksalmon
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