What color is #E09B81?

#E09B81 is a light, moderate orange known as Blushing Rose. It belongs to the orange family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Blushing Rose?

The RGB value is 224, 155, 129: 224 red, 155 green and 129 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Blushing Rose?

The complementary color is #81C6E0, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #E09B81?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 9.17:1 and white text 2.29:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Blushing Rose color: hex code #E09B81

#E09B81 rgb(224, 155, 129)

Shades of orange

Blushing Rose has the hex code #E09B81. It is a light, moderate orange.

In the RGB color model it is made of 87.8% red, 60.8% green and 50.6% blue (224, 155, 129).

Its hue angle is 16°, with 61% saturation and 69% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 31% magenta, 42% yellow and 12% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 9.17:1).

Blushing Rose (#E09B81) color codes

HEX	`#E09B81`
RGB	`rgb(224, 155, 129)`
RGB percent	`rgb(87.8%, 60.8%, 50.6%)`
HSL	`hsl(16, 61%, 69%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(16, 42%, 88%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 31%, 42%, 12%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(70.09, 22.69, 24.02)`
CIE LCH	`lch(70.09, 33.04, 46.63)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(46.426, 40.878, 26.21)`
Decimal	`14719873`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Blushing Rose, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #E09B81	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	9.17:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.29:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#E09B81 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.29:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	9.17:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #E09B81 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #e09b81; }
.text { color: #e09b81; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e09b81; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(224 155 129 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #e09b81, #e0cb81); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #E09B81 on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #E09B81?: #E09B81 is a light, moderate orange known as Blushing Rose. It belongs to the orange family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Blushing Rose?: The RGB value is 224, 155, 129: 224 red, 155 green and 129 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Blushing Rose?: The complementary color is #81C6E0, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #E09B81?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 9.17:1 and white text 2.29:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.