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#ED8A68 Color

#ED8A68 is rgb(237, 138, 104) in RGB, hsl(15, 79%, 67%) in HSL, and about cmyk(0%, 42%, 56%, 7%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Middle Red (#E58E73), clearly related but distinguishable side by side at ΔE 7.67. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

#ED8A68
HEX#ED8A68
RGBrgb(237, 138, 104)
HSLhsl(15, 79%, 67%)
HSVhsv(15, 56%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 42%, 56%, 7%)
OKLCHoklch(73.2% 0.13 39.6)
LABlab(67.95% 36.33 35.26)
LCHlch(67.95% 50.63 44.15)

What #ED8A68 Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #ED8A68, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Middle Red#E58E73ΔE 7.67Light Salmon#FFA07AΔE 7.8Papaya#FF9E80ΔE 7.92Pale Copper#DA8A67ΔE 8.58Big Foot Feet#E88E5AΔE 8.62Terracotta#E2725BΔE 9.6

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every orange in the library.

#ED8A68 Channel Values

How #ED8A68 breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 237 · G 138 · B 1048-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 15° · S 79% · L 67%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 15° · S 56% · V 93%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 0% · M 42% · Y 56% · K 7%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance2.49:1 vs white · 8.44:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #ED8A68 background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

Fails AAWhite text2.49:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
TextBlack text8.44:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Need a specific ratio against another background? Open #ED8A68 in the contrast checker.

Colors That Go With #ED8A68

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #ED8A68; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

Base
#ED8A68
Complementary
#68CCED
Analogous
#ED688A
Analogous
#EDCC68
Triadic
#68ED8A
Triadic
#8A68ED
Split comp.
#68EDCC
Split comp.
#688AED

Tints & Shades of #ED8A68

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

#EF987B
#F2AA91
#F4B8A4
#F7CABB
#F9D8CD
#FCEAE4

Shades

#E96A3F
#E04C1A
#B73E15
#8D3011
#64220C
#3B1407

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #ED8A68.

How #ED8A68 Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#ED8A68
Protanopia#A1A167
Protanomaly#C49867
Deuteranopia#B3B362
Deuteranomaly#CDA464
Tritanopia#EF8686
Tritanomaly#EE887B
Achromatopsia#A4A4A4

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #ED8A68 in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-ed8a68: #ED8A68;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #ED8A68;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-ed8a68': '#ED8A68' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.929, green: 0.541, blue: 0.408)
Android XML<color name="color_ed8a68">#ED8A68</color>
SVG fillfill="#ED8A68"

More Orange Colors

#ED8A68 sits in the orange family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

8b7d6bfff9f5967969fff9f0987456fff8f0987654fff8eb9b7653fff7ed9c8b6efff7ebc8ad7fdba875e3dac9eba675f1ddcff8dcd3fcf5eeff681fff9933ffb83dffd68affe7d1

#ED8A68 Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #ED8A68?

#ED8A68 is a light orange — rgb(237, 138, 104) in RGB and hsl(15, 79%, 67%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Middle Red (#E58E73), which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side at a CIE76 distance of 7.67.

What is the RGB value of #ED8A68?

#ED8A68 is rgb(237, 138, 104) — red 237, green 138, and blue 104 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #ED8A68?

#ED8A68 converts to approximately cmyk(0%, 42%, 56%, 7%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #ED8A68 be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #ED8A68 scores 2.49:1 against white and 8.44:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #ED8A68 as a CSS color keyword?

No. #ED8A68 is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is lightsalmon (#FFA07A) at a CIE76 distance of 7.8, which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side.

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