HEX atlas value

#EE8F77

#EE8F77 is a warm red HEX color close to Dark Salmon. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 238, 143, 119, HSL 12, 78%, 70%, has luminance 0.3915, and belongs to the vibrant group.

red warm vibrant

#EE8F77 Sample readable text

HEX #EE8F77

RGB rgb(238, 143, 119)

HSL hsl(12 78% 70%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 40, 50, 7)

Luminance 0.3915

Contrast Black 8.83:1White 2.38:1

CSS

--color-ee8f77: #EE8F77;
.background-ee8f77 { background-color: #EE8F77; }
.text-ee8f77 { color: #EE8F77; }

Luminance0.3915

Black text8.83:1AA Pass

White text2.38:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#EE8F77","rgb":[238,143,119],"hsl":[12,78,70],"cmyk":[0,40,50,7],"luminance":0.3915,"contrast":{"black":8.83,"white":2.38}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":8.83,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":2.38,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#F8D2C9","hex":"#F8D2C9","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.05,"contrastWhite":1.39,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#EECA77","hex":"#EECA77","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.35,"contrastWhite":1.57,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#77D6EE","hex":"#77D6EE","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.64,"contrastWhite":1.66,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Light Salmon","hex":"#FFA07A","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.56,"contrastWhite":1.99,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Salmon Rose","hex":"#E7968B","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":9.13,"contrastWhite":2.3,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm red","vibrant","vibrant red","Dark Salmon adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","high-energy accents","high-attention visual states"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/ee8f77.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/dark-salmon.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/light-coral.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/salmon.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#77D6EE","analogous":["#EE779B","#EECA77"],"triadic":["#77EE8F","#8F77EE"],"tetradic":["#9BEE77","#77D6EE","#CA77EE"],"splitComplementary":["#77EECA","#779BEE"],"monochromatic":["#F8D2C9","#EE8F77","#E44B25"]}

Variants

{"light":"#F8D2C9","dark":"#E44B25","saturated":"#FF8566","desaturated":"#DD9988","pastel":"#FAEDEA","neon":"#FFA58F"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"dark-salmon","name":"Dark Salmon","hex":"#E9967A","distance":9.1104335791443},{"slug":"light-coral","name":"Light Coral","hex":"#F08080","distance":17.60681686165901},{"slug":"salmon","name":"Salmon","hex":"#FA8072","distance":19.849433241279208},{"slug":"salmon-rose","name":"Salmon Rose","hex":"#E7968B","distance":22.315913604421397},{"slug":"light-salmon","name":"Light Salmon","hex":"#FFA07A","distance":24.228082879171435}]

HEX meaning and use

About #EE8F77

#EE8F77 is classified as a warm red value with vibrant visual character. #EE8F77 is visually closest to Dark Salmon, a named orange color with HEX #E9967A.

The RGB channels are 238, 143, and 119, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 12deg with 78% saturation and 70% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

According to Colors Encyclopedia, this HEX value works best for color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and high-energy accents. Its luminance is 0.3915, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 9.11, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text8.83:1AA Pass

White text2.38:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #EE8F77 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000008.83:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF2.38:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#F8D2C9#000000 text · best 15.05:1#F8D2C9

#EECA77#000000 text · best 13.35:1#EECA77

#77D6EE#000000 text · best 12.64:1#77D6EE

Light Salmon#000000 text · best 10.56:1#FFA07A

Salmon Rose#000000 text · best 9.13:1#E7968B

Generated Palette

#EE8F77#EE8F77

#77D6EE#77D6EE

#EE779B#EE779B

#EECA77#EECA77

#F8D2C9#F8D2C9

#E44B25#E44B25

Color Harmonies

#77D6EE#77D6EE

#EE779B#EE779B

#EECA77#EECA77

#77EE8F#77EE8F

#8F77EE#8F77EE

Variants

#F8D2C9#F8D2C9

#E44B25#E44B25

#FF8566#FF8566

#DD9988#DD9988

#FAEDEA#FAEDEA

#FFA58F#FFA58F

Nearest Named Colors

Dark Salmon#E9967A

Light Coral#F08080

Salmon#FA8072

Salmon Rose#E7968B

Light Salmon#FFA07A

#EE8F77

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #EE8F77

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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