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#e08065

a balanced, vivid red · warm · closest name: Dark Salmon

Token name suggestion: Studio Ember

RGB
224, 128, 101
HSL
13°, 67%, 64%
CMYK
0, 43, 55, 12
Luminance
0.3223

#e08065 is a balanced vivid red, 13° on the wheel and 9/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (7.45:1). As text it scores 2.82:1 on white — use #CB4C29 instead. Nearest name is Dark Salmon, nearest Tailwind family is red.

hsl(13 67% 64%)rgb(224 128 101)Base step 400AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #e08065 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#e08065
Hue
13°
red
Saturation
67%
vivid
Lightness
64%
balanced
Brightness
88%
HSV value
Perceived
63%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3223
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
9/100 cool
Color family
Red
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
7.45:1
Closest name
Dark Salmon
ΔE2000 5.8
Chroma
46.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.699
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
red
500 · ΔE 12.7
Web-safe
#CC9966
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue13° of 360°
Saturation67%
Lightness64%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #e08065.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool9% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red49%
Green48%
Blue3%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#e08065
HEX (8-digit)#e08065ff
RGBrgb(224, 128, 101)
RGBArgba(224, 128, 101, 1)
HSLhsl(13, 67%, 64%)
HSV / HSBhsv(13, 55%, 88%)
HWBhwb(13 40% 12%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 43%, 55%, 12%)
LABlab(63.5 34.4 30.8)
LCHlch(63.5 46.1 41.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.699 0.125 36.6)
XYZ (D65)xyz(40.81, 32.23, 16.38)
Decimal14712933
Display P3color(display-p3 0.878 0.502 0.396)
Web-safe#CC9966

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #e08065;
background-color: #e08065;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #e08065;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#e08065] bg-[#e08065]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #e08065;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.878, green: 0.502, blue: 0.396)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.878, green: 0.502, blue: 0.396, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#E08065</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFE08065)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFE08065)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(101, 128, 224)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(224, 128, 101)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(224, 128, 101)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 224, 128, 101)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8784f, 0.5020f, 0.3961f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{224,128,101}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #e08065 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #e08065 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#6A2815, #EED9D3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #e08065 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FBF5F3;
  --brand-100: #F8EBE8;
  --brand-200: #F1D3CA;
  --brand-300: #ECB2A2;
  --brand-400: #e08065;
  --brand-500: #D96544;
  --brand-600: #CC4D29;
  --brand-700: #AA4022;
  --brand-800: #88331B;
  --brand-900: #632818;
  --brand-950: #3E190F;
  --brand: #e08065;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF6F4;
  --brand-border: #EDCAC0;
  --brand-hover: #DA6747;
  --brand-pressed: #D3502A;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241714;
    --brand-ink: #EED9D3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FBF5F3',
        100: '#F8EBE8',
        200: '#F1D3CA',
        300: '#ECB2A2',
        400: '#e08065',
        500: '#D96544',
        600: '#CC4D29',
        700: '#AA4022',
        800: '#88331B',
        900: '#632818',
        950: '#3E190F',
        DEFAULT: '#e08065',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FBF5F3,
  '100': #F8EBE8,
  '200': #F1D3CA,
  '300': #ECB2A2,
  '400': #e08065,
  '500': #D96544,
  '600': #CC4D29,
  '700': #AA4022,
  '800': #88331B,
  '900': #632818,
  '950': #3E190F,
);
$brand-base: #e08065;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FBF5F3", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F8EBE8", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F1D3CA", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#ECB2A2", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#e08065", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#D96544", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#CC4D29", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#AA4022", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#88331B", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#632818", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#3E190F", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #e08065 · 7.45:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.82:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 7.45:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #e08065 as text scores 2.82:1 on white and 7.45:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #6A2815 at 3.86:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#CB4C29 · 4.56:1
AA on white−16% L
#CB4C29
The quick fox
#98391E · 7.15:1
AAA on white−28% L
#98391E
The quick fox
#e08065 · 7.45:1
AA on blackalready passes
#e08065
The quick fox
#e08065 · 7.45:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#e08065

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #DE795C is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#e08065 on white: 2.82:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#e08065 on black: 7.45:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #e08065 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #e08065.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.82:1AaAa
Slate 502.70:1AaAa
Slate 1002.57:1AaAa
Slate 2002.29:1AaAa
Slate 3001.90:1AaAa
Slate 4001.10:1AaAa
Slate 5001.69:1AaAa
Slate 6002.69:1AaAa
Slate 7003.67:1AaAa
Slate 8005.19:1AaAa
Slate 9006.33:1AaAa
Black7.45:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #988D63
deuteranopia · #AFA264
tritanopia · #F37079

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #e08065 is pinned to step 400; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FBF5F3
#F8EBE8
#F1D3CA
#ECB2A2
#e08065
#D96544
#CC4D29
#AA4022
#88331B
#632818
#3E190F
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #FBF5F3Darkest = 950 · #3E190FText step on white = 600
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.031 36.6);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.050 36.6);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.075 36.6);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.098 36.6);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.115 36.6);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.125 36.6);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.125 36.6);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.118 36.6);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.105 36.6);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.088 36.6);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.069 36.6);
}

Colors that work with #e08065

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#FAF6F4
Tinted page background
Border#EDCAC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B5C4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#1EAEAA
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#6A2815
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FBEEEA
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241714
Dark-mode background
Hover#DA6747
One step down in lightness
Pressed#D3502A
Two steps down
Disabled#E3D6D3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#EC896E
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

The file stays available for seven days. Download it before it expires.

NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #e08065

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #6A2815
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #DE795C

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

urgentappetisingboldphysical

Red arrives before the rest of the page does. It raises attention and appetite, which is why it runs food, sport and clearance pricing.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

It is also the universal error colour. Use it as a brand accent and users may read a warning that is not there.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight36/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#65C5E0
Analogous left#E06587
Analogous right#E0BE65
Split-complement 1#65E0BE
Split-complement 2#6587E0
Triadic 1#65E080
Triadic 2#8065E0
Tetradic#87E065
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°13°

#e08065 sits at 13°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red87.8%
Green50.2%
Blue39.6%
R · 0–255
224
0xe0
G · 0–255
128
0x80
B · 0–255
101
0x65

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta42.9%
Yellow54.9%
Key (black)12.2%

Total ink coverage is 110%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#e08065 text on a black background

contrast 7.45:1

Card sample

#e08065 text on a white background

contrast 2.82:1

Card sample

#e08065 on grey

2.57:1

#e08065 on its own surface

2.63:1

#e08065 on its dark surface

6.16:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #e08065;
Background color
Panel with #e08065 background
background-color: #e08065;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #e08065;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(224, 128, 101, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(224, 128, 101, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #e08065;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e08065, #E0D265);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #e08065, #CFE065);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #e08065;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #e08065;
caret-color: #e08065;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #e08065;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FBEEEA;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #e08065;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#e08065 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #e08065 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(224, 128, 101, 0.5)
rgb(224 128 101 / 50%)
#e0806580
hsl(13 67% 64% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #e08065 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#e080651a#FCF2F0
20%#e0806533#F9E6E0
40%#e0806566#F3CCC1
60%#e0806599#ECB3A3
80%#e08065cc#E69984

Gradients from #e08065

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #EAAA98, #e08065 45%, #6A2815);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #e08065, #DBD74B);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #e08065, #65C5E0);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #EFBFB1 0%, #e08065 45%, #6A2815 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF6F4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #E98FB0 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #E5D17E 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #6A2815 0%, transparent 65%), #e08065;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #e08065

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#e08065 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
Food and drinkEntertainmentRetailSport
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 7.45:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#e08065, answered

What color is #e08065?

#e08065 is a balanced vivid red, closest to Dark Salmon (ΔE2000 5.8). It sits at 13° on the hue wheel with 67% saturation and 64% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #e08065?

rgb(224, 128, 101) — 224 red, 128 green and 101 blue out of 255, or 87.8% / 50.2% / 39.6% by channel.

What is #e08065 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(13, 67%, 64%) and hsv(13, 55%, 88%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #e08065 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3223 and perceived brightness is 63%, so black text on it reaches 7.45:1.

Should I use black or white text on #e08065?

Black. It scores 7.45:1 against #e08065, versus 2.82:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #e08065 accessible on a white background?

#e08065 on white scores 2.82:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #CB4C29 to reach 4.5:1, or #98391E for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #e08065?

#65C5E0 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #65E0BE and #6587E0, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #e08065?

For interface work: #FAF6F4 as the surface, #EDCAC0 for borders, #9B5C4B for secondary text, #1EAEAA as an accent and #6A2815 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #E06587 and #E0BE65 stays calm, while #65C5E0 is the loudest partner.

What is #e08065 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 43%, 55%, 12%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #e08065 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 9 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #E09065; nudged cooler, #E26376.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #e08065?

The red family — its 500 step is #ef4444, ΔE2000 12.7 away. That is a visible difference, so define #e08065 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #e08065 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#e08065] or text-[#e08065], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #e08065 with 50% opacity?

rgba(224, 128, 101, 0.5), or #e0806580 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F0C0B2; over black, #704033.

Is #e08065 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC9966, ΔE2000 14.7 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #e08065 mean?

As a red, it reads urgent, appetising, bold. Red arrives before the rest of the page does. It raises attention and appetite, which is why it runs food, sport and clearance pricing. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #e08065?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #EAAA98, #e08065 45%, #6A2815). For more colour, a short hue run to #DBD74B keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #e08065 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #e08065 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.