#E99283

A light, moderate red closely aligning with Darksalmon.

About #E99283

When working with digital screens, the color #E99283 is rendered by mixing light. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Darksalmon. Its digital footprint relies on 233 parts red, 146 parts green, and 131 parts blue light.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 37% magenta inks. This makes it a relatively light color when applied to physical surfaces.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Because it is a light color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#E99283
RGB233, 146, 131
HSL8.8°, 69.9%, 71.4%
CMYK0%, 37%, 44%, 9%
HSV8.8°, 43.8%, 91.4%
LAB69.1, 31.2, 21.8
XYZ48.0, 39.5, 26.6
Decimal15307395

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.36:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
8.90:1
Text on #000000
AAA
2.25:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
7.57:1
Text on #0F172A
AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #E99283; }
.text-color { color: #E99283; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #E99283; }

Similar Colors

Darksalmon
#E9967A