#E9665F

A light, vivid red closely aligning with Salmon.

About #E9665F

When working with digital screens, the color #E9665F is rendered by mixing light. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Salmon. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 233, 102, and 95.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). Its ink density profile breaks down to 0% cyan, 56% magenta, 59% yellow, and 9% black. The HSL representation is 3.0° hue, 75.8% saturation, and 64.3% lightness.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#E9665F
RGB233, 102, 95
HSL3.0°, 75.8%, 64.3%
CMYK0%, 56%, 59%, 9%
HSV3.0°, 59.2%, 91.4%
LAB59.6, 50.3, 29.3
XYZ40.4, 27.7, 14.0
Decimal15296095

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

3.22:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA Large
6.53:1
Text on #000000
AA
3.07:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA Large
5.55:1
Text on #0F172A
AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #E9665F; }
.text-color { color: #E9665F; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #E9665F; }

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