CSS named color

Dark Salmon #E9967A

The CSS keyword darksalmon is #E9967A. It is a light soft red in the red family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.751, chroma 0.108 and hue 39.4°.

Relative luminance: 0.4054
OKLCH L · C · h: 0.751 · 0.108 · 39.4
Best text: Black 9.10:1
Hue family: Red

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#E9967A color codes

HEX: #E9967A
RGB: rgb(233, 150, 122)
HSL: hsl(15, 72%, 70%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.751 0.108 39.4)
OKLab: oklab(0.751 0.084 0.069)
CIELAB (D65): L* 69.86, a* 28.17, b* 27.71
XYZ (D65): X 48.03, Y 40.55, Z 23.71
CMYK (naive): cmyk(0%, 36%, 48%, 9%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

Legibility

Contrast: is #E9967A accessible?

Black text on it reaches 9.10:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 2.30:1.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

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Black text on it

9.10:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +58
White text on it

2.30:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −50
As text on black

9.10:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −56
As text on white

2.30:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +45

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

For text on white

#AE6147 4.56:1

Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.75 to 0.58 reaches 4.56:1 on white, keeping the hue.

Compare both in the Contrast System
For text on black

#E9967A 9.10:1

It already reaches 9.10:1 on black, so no change is needed.

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Studio

Adjust #E9967A live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #E9967A

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #E9967A sits at step 400.

50#FFF2EE

White
1.09
Black
19.18
100#FFE5DC

White
1.20
Black
17.49
200#FFC9B8

White
1.46
Black
14.29
300#F7A78C

White
1.93
Black
10.86
400This color#E9967A

White
2.30
Black
9.10
500#BD6E53

White
3.80
Black
5.51
600#A3573D

White
5.26
Black
3.98
700#884028

White
7.47
Black
2.81
800#6A2911

White
10.83
Black
1.93
900#4B1300

White
15.08
Black
1.39
950#2D0800

White
18.31
Black
1.14

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Gamut

How vivid #E9967A can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.155; #E9967A uses 70% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.197 there: 27% more.

sRGB
Display P3
Rec. 2020
Dominant wavelength

OKLCH chroma: 0.108
sRGB edge: 0.155
Display P3 edge: 0.197
Rec. 2020 edge: 0.270
Dominant wavelength: 593 nm
Excitation purity: 41%
Chromaticity: x 0.4277, y 0.3611

This color#E9967A
Most vivid in sRGB#FF885F
Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.751 0.197 39.4)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it

.accent {
  color: #e9967a;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 1 0.5088 0.3175); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #E9967A

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

sRGB50%#F4CBBD
OKLab50%#F7CBBC
OKLCH50%#F7CBBC

Black #000000

sRGB50%#754B3D
OKLab50%#5A372B
OKLCH50%#5A372B

Its complement #50BEDD

sRGB50%#9DAAAC
OKLab50%#AEAEAE
OKLCH50%#C39BE2

In CSS

/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #e9967a, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #e9967a 50%, white);

In use

#E9967A in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

Button labelText, 4.5:19.10:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:12.30:1 Fails
Large headingLarge text, 3:12.30:1 Fails
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:12.30:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #AE6147 4.56:1

Dark page

Button labelText, 4.5:19.10:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:18.12:1 Passes
Large headingLarge text, 3:18.12:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:18.12:1 Passes

Color vision

How #E9967A looks with color blindness

Deuteranopia changes it most, ΔE2000 24.7; tritanopia changes it least, 12.1.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

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Protanopia

No working red (long-wavelength) cones

#ABA078 ΔE2000 22.6

Distinct

Reads as light muted amber
Deuteranopia

No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

#BEB279 ΔE2000 24.7

Distinct

Reads as light muted amber
Tritanopia

No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

#FB898F ΔE2000 12.1

Distinct

Reads as light soft red
Achromatopsia

No cone color vision; lightness only

#ABABAB ΔE2000 22.6

Distinct

Reads as light gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #50BEDD. Their lightness contrast is only 1.07:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

Vision	The pair	ΔE2000	Verdict
Normal vision	#E9967A · #50BEDD	49.2	Stays distinct
Protanopia	#ABA078 · #ABB9DF	32.4	Stays distinct
Deuteranopia	#BEB279 · #97AADD	39.4	Stays distinct
Tritanopia	#FB898F · #00C8C8	56.5	Stays distinct
Achromatopsia	#ABABAB · #B1B1B1	1.7	Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #E9967A

Its complement is #50BEDD, a light soft blue, on the cool side of the wheel.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

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Base#E9967A
Complement#50BEDD

Complementary

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−30°#E9919F
Base#E9967A
+30°#DAA15E

Analogous

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Base#E9967A
+120°#6CC396
+240°#A0A7F2

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio

Base#E9967A
+150°#49C4BD
+210°#77B3F0

Split-complementary

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Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-darksalmon: #e9967a;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        darksalmon: '#e9967a',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-darksalmon: oklch(0.751 0.108 39.4);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "darksalmon": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.9137, 0.5882, 0.4784],
        "hex": "#e9967a"
      },
      "$description": "CSS named color darksalmon"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let darksalmon = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.914, green: 0.588, blue: 0.478, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Darksalmon = Color(0xFFE9967A)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Tools

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Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.

Dark Salmon #E9967A

#E9967A color codes

Contrast: is #E9967A accessible?

Black text on it

White text on it

As text on black

As text on white

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

Adjust #E9967A live

Shades and tints of #E9967A

How vivid #E9967A can get

Mixing #E9967A

#E9967A in an interface

How #E9967A looks with color blindness

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

Achromatopsia

Pairing check

Color harmonies for #E9967A

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split-complementary

Design tokens

CSS custom property

Tailwind config

Tailwind v4 theme

Design token (W3C DTCG)

SwiftUI color

Jetpack Compose color

The nearest match in each system

Similar colors

Open #E9967A in the tools